The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... fatisfaction to me to fee and converse with a Man , whom in his writ- ings I had fo long known with pleasure ; but it was a high addition to it , to hear you , at our first meeting , doing justice to your dead friend Mr. Dryden . I was ...
... fatisfaction to me to fee and converse with a Man , whom in his writ- ings I had fo long known with pleasure ; but it was a high addition to it , to hear you , at our first meeting , doing justice to your dead friend Mr. Dryden . I was ...
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... fatisfaction he speaks of . He fince did fo , in his dedication to the Duke of Newcastle , prefix'd to the duodecimo Edition of Dryden's Plays , 1717 . P. The fact feems to have been juft the reverse . One of the firft Satires against ...
... fatisfaction he speaks of . He fince did fo , in his dedication to the Duke of Newcastle , prefix'd to the duodecimo Edition of Dryden's Plays , 1717 . P. The fact feems to have been juft the reverse . One of the firft Satires against ...
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... fatisfaction of their fpectators : Befides , ( more for your diverfion ) you may fee not only the two great play - houses of the nation , those of the lords and commons , in difpute with one another ; but the two other play - houfes in ...
... fatisfaction of their fpectators : Befides , ( more for your diverfion ) you may fee not only the two great play - houses of the nation , those of the lords and commons , in difpute with one another ; but the two other play - houfes in ...
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... fatisfaction to receive yesterday , by the hands of Mr. Englefyld , your extreme kind and obliging letter of the 20th of this month ; which , It was originally thus exprefs'd : " As Clocks run fafteft when most lead is on . " in a ...
... fatisfaction to receive yesterday , by the hands of Mr. Englefyld , your extreme kind and obliging letter of the 20th of this month ; which , It was originally thus exprefs'd : " As Clocks run fafteft when most lead is on . " in a ...
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... fatisfaction and plea- fure ; there I can have you without rivals or disturb- ers ; without the too civil , or the too rude : with- out the noife of the loud , or the censure of the filent : and wou'd rather have you abuse me there with ...
... fatisfaction and plea- fure ; there I can have you without rivals or disturb- ers ; without the too civil , or the too rude : with- out the noife of the loud , or the censure of the filent : and wou'd rather have you abuse me there with ...
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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...