The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 11806 |
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... Thofe which have been published I do not think can detract from the moral character of the writer . What man , indeed , if all the errors of his youth were feverely fcanned , could efcape cenfure ? In other refpects , the letters are ...
... Thofe which have been published I do not think can detract from the moral character of the writer . What man , indeed , if all the errors of his youth were feverely fcanned , could efcape cenfure ? In other refpects , the letters are ...
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... thofe who were enabled to confer fomething * Sir William Trumbull fays in a letter : " I wifh alfo I could " learn fome more fkill in gardning from your father , ( to whome " with your good mother all our fervices are prefented , with ...
... thofe who were enabled to confer fomething * Sir William Trumbull fays in a letter : " I wifh alfo I could " learn fome more fkill in gardning from your father , ( to whome " with your good mother all our fervices are prefented , with ...
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... which contained thofe of Pope . Both were warmly commended by Addison in the Dennis had publifhed a tragedy at this time , called " APPIUS . " the Spectator ; but the praise given to the English xxviii LIFE AND WRITINGS.
... which contained thofe of Pope . Both were warmly commended by Addison in the Dennis had publifhed a tragedy at this time , called " APPIUS . " the Spectator ; but the praise given to the English xxviii LIFE AND WRITINGS.
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... thofe of friendship . Sir William Trumbull was his first real friend , from whom he might have learned to combine every thing dignified and pleafing in the human mind . Plain , accomplished , and fincere , he fhewed the greatest regard ...
... thofe of friendship . Sir William Trumbull was his first real friend , from whom he might have learned to combine every thing dignified and pleafing in the human mind . Plain , accomplished , and fincere , he fhewed the greatest regard ...
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... thofe paffages in the letters to Cromwell , undoubtedly genuine , which have been properly fuppreffed . Some idea of his friend's fingu larity may be formed from one of Pope's letters , inviting him to Binfield , and another written to ...
... thofe paffages in the letters to Cromwell , undoubtedly genuine , which have been properly fuppreffed . Some idea of his friend's fingu larity may be formed from one of Pope's letters , inviting him to Binfield , and another written to ...
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Page 315 - Be kind and courteous to this gentleman ; Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries.
Page 306 - Safe from the treach'rous friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires ? Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Though honour is the word with men below.
Page 180 - 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 344 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord with manly strength...
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Page 289 - Jilts rul'd the state, and statesmen farces writ; Nay, wits had pensions, and young Lords had wit: The Fair...
Page 180 - ... 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 315 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 314 - While every beam new transient colours flings, Colours that change whene'er they wave their wings. Amid the circle, on the gilded mast, Superior by the head, was Ariel...
Page 221 - OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth...