The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... defire of his company ; his papers . and request to proceed in correcting XXIII . More about the poems . XXIV . Corrections fent . XXV . From Mr. Wycherley . In answer to the ac- count of the state of his papers . XXVI . The laft advice ...
... defire of his company ; his papers . and request to proceed in correcting XXIII . More about the poems . XXIV . Corrections fent . XXV . From Mr. Wycherley . In answer to the ac- count of the state of his papers . XXVI . The laft advice ...
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... defires no converfation but hers , fo a man in love with himself ( as most men are ) may be best pleased with his own . Befides , if the trueft and most useful knowledge be the know- ledge of ourselves , folitude , conducing moft to ...
... defires no converfation but hers , fo a man in love with himself ( as most men are ) may be best pleased with his own . Befides , if the trueft and most useful knowledge be the know- ledge of ourselves , folitude , conducing moft to ...
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... defire so much , as an improvement of your friendship . BY LETTER XI . April 10 , 1706 . Y one of yours of the laft month , you defire me to felect , if poffible , fome things from the * first volume of your Mifcellanies , which may be ...
... defire so much , as an improvement of your friendship . BY LETTER XI . April 10 , 1706 . Y one of yours of the laft month , you defire me to felect , if poffible , fome things from the * first volume of your Mifcellanies , which may be ...
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Alexander Pope. So that I must needs defire you would apply your care wholly at present to those which are yet unpub- lifhed , of which there are more than enough to make a confiderable volume , of full as good ones , nay , I believe ...
Alexander Pope. So that I must needs defire you would apply your care wholly at present to those which are yet unpub- lifhed , of which there are more than enough to make a confiderable volume , of full as good ones , nay , I believe ...
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... defire , than to gratify my own ; tho ' I did it fo lately by the meffenger you fent hither : I take it too as an op portunity of fending you the fair copy of the poem * on Dulness , which was not then finifh'd , and which I fhould not ...
... defire , than to gratify my own ; tho ' I did it fo lately by the meffenger you fent hither : I take it too as an op portunity of fending you the fair copy of the poem * on Dulness , which was not then finifh'd , and which I fhould not ...
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Æneid affure againſt almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft beſt cauſe converſation correfpondence defign defire Dulneſs eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatisfaction favour feems feen fend fenfe fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give greateſt happineſs HENRY CROMWELL himſelf hope houſe judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt Mufes muft muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid paftoral perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry Pope Pope's praiſe Pray prefent printed profe publiſhed reaſon receiv'd reft Sappho ſay ſee ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſe verfes verſes Virgil whofe whoſe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
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Page 67 - 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.
Page 188 - 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?
Page 130 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning ; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks ; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Page 240 - Nothing, says he, I can bear it well enough ; but since we have the day before us, methinks it would be very pleasant for you to rest awhile under the woods.
Page 67 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him 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 mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page 212 - ... me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
Page 132 - ... to the falls of cataracts below, and the murmuring of the winds above. The gloomy verdure of Stonor succeeded to these, and then the shades of the evening overtook me.
Page 67 - ... 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.
Page 72 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...