The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Pàgina 108
... feven nights , and has got him three hundred pounds , for the town is fharp - fet on new plays . In vain would I fire you by interest or ambition , when your mind is not fufceptible of either ; tho ' your authority ( arifing from the ...
... feven nights , and has got him three hundred pounds , for the town is fharp - fet on new plays . In vain would I fire you by interest or ambition , when your mind is not fufceptible of either ; tho ' your authority ( arifing from the ...
Pàgina 117
... feven or eight times , D'ye win or lofe ? I could fafely fay at that moment I had no temptation to any one of the feven , lively fins ; and in the innocent way I was , happy had it been for me if I had died ! Moralizing fat I by the ...
... feven or eight times , D'ye win or lofe ? I could fafely fay at that moment I had no temptation to any one of the feven , lively fins ; and in the innocent way I was , happy had it been for me if I had died ! Moralizing fat I by the ...
Pàgina 127
... for fome hours , fent for his ghoftly father , and refolved to bear his lofs like a Chriftian ; till about the hours of feven or eight the coaches and horfes of feveral of the Nobility paffing 3 the SEVERAL LADIES . 127.
... for fome hours , fent for his ghoftly father , and refolved to bear his lofs like a Chriftian ; till about the hours of feven or eight the coaches and horfes of feveral of the Nobility paffing 3 the SEVERAL LADIES . 127.
Pàgina 245
... feven ftanzas . Oldsworth , in a " ramble round Wimbleton - hill , would tranflate a " whole ode in half this time . I'll fay that for Oldfworth ( tho ' I loft by his Timothy's ) he tran- " flates an ode of Horace the quickest of any ...
... feven ftanzas . Oldsworth , in a " ramble round Wimbleton - hill , would tranflate a " whole ode in half this time . I'll fay that for Oldfworth ( tho ' I loft by his Timothy's ) he tran- " flates an ode of Horace the quickest of any ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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?
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 184 - I never had any esteem for, are likely to enjoy this world after me. When I reflect what an...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.