Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His FriendsJ. Wright, 1737 - 306 sivua |
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Sivu 12
... the courses he pursues ; as that of two old men is frequently on the score of fome profit , lucre , or defign upon others : Now , as a young man who is lefs acquainted with the ways of the world , has in all 12 LETTERS to and from.
... the courses he pursues ; as that of two old men is frequently on the score of fome profit , lucre , or defign upon others : Now , as a young man who is lefs acquainted with the ways of the world , has in all 12 LETTERS to and from.
Sivu 17
... lefs , as the Dutch are faid to burn half the spices they bring home , to inhance the price of the remainder , fo to be greater gai- ners by their lofs , ( which is indeed my cafe now . ) You have prun'd my fading lawrels of fome ...
... lefs , as the Dutch are faid to burn half the spices they bring home , to inhance the price of the remainder , fo to be greater gai- ners by their lofs , ( which is indeed my cafe now . ) You have prun'd my fading lawrels of fome ...
Sivu 26
... . Wherefore you may be sure to be troubled with my letters , out of interest if not kindness ; fince mine to you will procure yours to me , fo that I write to you more for my own fake than yours ; lefs to make 26 LETTERS to and from.
... . Wherefore you may be sure to be troubled with my letters , out of interest if not kindness ; fince mine to you will procure yours to me , fo that I write to you more for my own fake than yours ; lefs to make 26 LETTERS to and from.
Sivu 27
Alexander Pope. for my own fake than yours ; lefs to make you think I write well , than to learn from you to write better . Thus Thus you see in- tereft in my kindness , which is like the friendship of the world , rather to make a friend ...
Alexander Pope. for my own fake than yours ; lefs to make you think I write well , than to learn from you to write better . Thus Thus you see in- tereft in my kindness , which is like the friendship of the world , rather to make a friend ...
Sivu 63
... lefs a Critic than a Poet : I expect to be treated with the fame rigour as I have practis'd to Mr. Dryden and you , - Hanc veniam petimufque damusque viciffim . I defire the favour of your opinion , why Priam , in his fpeech to Pyrrhus ...
... lefs a Critic than a Poet : I expect to be treated with the fame rigour as I have practis'd to Mr. Dryden and you , - Hanc veniam petimufque damusque viciffim . I defire the favour of your opinion , why Priam , in his fpeech to Pyrrhus ...
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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.