The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 89
עמוד iv
... must not fay altogether with my confent , nor wholly without it . I thought them too good to be loft in oblivion , and had no caufe to apprehend the difobliging of any . The public , viz . all perfons of taste and judgment , would be ...
... must not fay altogether with my confent , nor wholly without it . I thought them too good to be loft in oblivion , and had no caufe to apprehend the difobliging of any . The public , viz . all perfons of taste and judgment , would be ...
עמוד 2
... must have known and lov'd him : For I have been affured , not only by yourself , but by Mr. Congreve and Sir William Trumbul , that his per- fonal Qualities were as amiable as his Poetical , not- withstanding the many libellous ...
... must have known and lov'd him : For I have been affured , not only by yourself , but by Mr. Congreve and Sir William Trumbul , that his per- fonal Qualities were as amiable as his Poetical , not- withstanding the many libellous ...
עמוד 4
... must no more offend , than I can do either right . Therefore I will fay no more now of them , than that your good wit never forfeited your good judg- ment , but in your partiality to me and mine ; fo that if it were poffible for a ...
... must no more offend , than I can do either right . Therefore I will fay no more now of them , than that your good wit never forfeited your good judg- ment , but in your partiality to me and mine ; fo that if it were poffible for a ...
עמוד 5
... must be such as a man naturally takes in observing the first shoots and buddings of a tree which he has raised himself and ' tis impoffible they fhould be esteemed any otherwise , than as we value fruits for being early , which ...
... must be such as a man naturally takes in observing the first shoots and buddings of a tree which he has raised himself and ' tis impoffible they fhould be esteemed any otherwise , than as we value fruits for being early , which ...
עמוד 6
... must allow there is no smoke but there is fome fire ; and as the facrifice of incenfe offered to the Gods would not have been half so sweet to others , if it had not been for its smoke ; fo friend- fhip , like love , cannot be without ...
... must allow there is no smoke but there is fome fire ; and as the facrifice of incenfe offered to the Gods would not have been half so sweet to others , if it had not been for its smoke ; fo friend- fhip , like love , cannot be without ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 70 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
עמוד 69 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
עמוד 190 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
עמוד 245 - Pray, Mr. Lintot, (said I,) now you talk of Translators, what is your method of managing them? "Sir, (replied he,) those are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe : I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter, and cry, Ah, this is Hebrew, I must read it from the latter end.
עמוד 185 - I confess, I cannot apprehend where lies the trifling in all this : it is the most natural and obvious reflection imaginable to a dying man : and, if we...
עמוד 244 - Now damn them ! what if they should put it into the newspaper, how you and I went together to Oxford ? what would I care? If I should go down into Sussex, they would say I was gone to the Speaker. But what of that ? If my son were but big enough to go on with the business, by G — d I would keep as good company as old Jacob.
עמוד 184 - I never had any esteem for, are likely to enjoy this world after me. When I reflect what an...
עמוד 182 - ... putrify, and are good for nothing, and running violently on, do but the more mischief in their passage to others, and are swallowed up and lost the sooner themselves.
עמוד 236 - Inarime is an epitome of the whole earth, containing within the compass of eighteen miles, a wonderful variety of hills, vales, ragged rocks, fruitful plains, and barren mountains, all thrown together in a most romantic confusion.
עמוד 132 - L. walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the King, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain all alone under the garden wall.