Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 sivua |
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... last neither in the right nor the wrong , but confirmed in a ftupid , fettled medium betwixt both . However , methinks these are most in the right , who quietly and easily refign themselves over to the gentle reign of dulnefs , which ...
... last neither in the right nor the wrong , but confirmed in a ftupid , fettled medium betwixt both . However , methinks these are most in the right , who quietly and easily refign themselves over to the gentle reign of dulnefs , which ...
Sivu 16
... fhould . I must complain of the shortness of your last . Those who have moft wit , like those who have moft money , are generally most fparing of either . LET- I LETTER VI . From Mr. WY CHERLEY . Feb. 16 LETTERS to and from.
... fhould . I must complain of the shortness of your last . Those who have moft wit , like those who have moft money , are generally most fparing of either . LET- I LETTER VI . From Mr. WY CHERLEY . Feb. 16 LETTERS to and from.
Sivu 18
... last month , you defire me to select , if poffible , fome things from the * firft volume of your Mif- cellanies , which may be alter'd so as to appear again . I doubted your meaning in this ; whether it was to pick out the best of thofe ...
... last month , you defire me to select , if poffible , fome things from the * firft volume of your Mif- cellanies , which may be alter'd so as to appear again . I doubted your meaning in this ; whether it was to pick out the best of thofe ...
Sivu 19
... , because they are no more than sparks lighted up by your fire ; and you may omit them at last , if you think them but fquibs in your triumphs . I am , & c . C 2 LET- T LETTER VIII . Nov. 29 , 1707 . HE Mr. WY CHER LE Y. 19.
... , because they are no more than sparks lighted up by your fire ; and you may omit them at last , if you think them but fquibs in your triumphs . I am , & c . C 2 LET- T LETTER VIII . Nov. 29 , 1707 . HE Mr. WY CHER LE Y. 19.
Sivu 24
... with a bare Saving Game ( as you call it ) but have gain'd so much credit at first , that you must needs fupport it to the last : fince you fet up with so great a stock I of good fenfe , judgment , and wit , that 24 LETTERS to and from.
... with a bare Saving Game ( as you call it ) but have gain'd so much credit at first , that you must needs fupport it to the last : fince you fet up with so great a stock I of good fenfe , judgment , and wit , that 24 LETTERS to and from.
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Sivu 262 - ... with agreeable hopes ; or melancholy with dejection, contemplative of the changes of fortune, and doubtful for the future: Whether returned a triumphant Whig, or a desponding Tory, equally all hail!
Sivu 323 - I now lodge with) he has too much Wit, as well as Courage, to make a solid General; and if he escapes being banished by others, I fear he will banish himself.
Sivu 266 - It was but this very morning that he had obtained her parents' consent, and it was but till the next week that they were to wait to be happy. Perhaps...
Sivu 203 - ... the common kinds, as cherries, apricots, peaches, &c. they produce oranges, limes, almonds, pomegranates, figs, water-melons, and many other fruits unknown to our climates, which lie every where open to the paflenger.
Sivu 307 - Lordfhip : you, while your imagination is carrying you through every corner of the world, where you have or have not been, can at the fame time remember to do offices of favour and kindnefs to the meaneft of your friends ; and...
Sivu 142 - ... tone) that it was eleven at night. All this was no ill preparation to the life I have led since, among those old...
Sivu 204 - The inhabitants of this delicious isle, as they are without riches and honours, so are they without the vices and follies that attend them ; and were they but as much...
Sivu 101 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Sivu 142 - I wanted nothing but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. I conformed...
Sivu 329 - Your notions of friendship are new to me : I believe every man is born with his quantum ; and he cannot give to one without robbing another.