Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711. Vol. 1booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... defign : But as people in great ftraits , bring forth their hoards of old Gold , and moft valued Jew- els , fo Sapho had recourfe to her hid trea- fure of Letters , and play'd off , not only yours to me , but all thofe to herself ( as ...
... defign : But as people in great ftraits , bring forth their hoards of old Gold , and moft valued Jew- els , fo Sapho had recourfe to her hid trea- fure of Letters , and play'd off , not only yours to me , but all thofe to herself ( as ...
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... defign'd to encou- rage me for Praise to a young Wit , is like Rain to a tender Flower ; if it be mode- rately beftow'd , it chears and revives , but if too lavishly , overcharges and depreffes him . Moft Men in years , as they are ge ...
... defign'd to encou- rage me for Praise to a young Wit , is like Rain to a tender Flower ; if it be mode- rately beftow'd , it chears and revives , but if too lavishly , overcharges and depreffes him . Moft Men in years , as they are ge ...
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... Defign upon others : Now , as a young Man who is lefs acquainted with the Ways of the World , has in all probability lefs of Intereft ; and an old Man who may be weary of himself , lefs of Self - love ; fo the Friendship between them is ...
... Defign upon others : Now , as a young Man who is lefs acquainted with the Ways of the World , has in all probability lefs of Intereft ; and an old Man who may be weary of himself , lefs of Self - love ; fo the Friendship between them is ...
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... defign'd to leave with you fome more of my Papers , ( fince thefe return fo much bet- ter out of your Hands than they went from mine ) for I intended ( as I told you formerly ) to spend a Month , or fix Weeks this Sum- 22 LETTERS of.
... defign'd to leave with you fome more of my Papers , ( fince thefe return fo much bet- ter out of your Hands than they went from mine ) for I intended ( as I told you formerly ) to spend a Month , or fix Weeks this Sum- 22 LETTERS of.
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... done here , and at the Bath , where I defign to go , and afterwards to fpend two Months ( God willing ) with you , at Binfield , or near it . C 4 Mr. POPE'S " BY By Mr. POPE'S Answer . April 10 , 17.06 Mr. WYCHERLEY and Mr. POPE . 23.
... done here , and at the Bath , where I defign to go , and afterwards to fpend two Months ( God willing ) with you , at Binfield , or near it . C 4 Mr. POPE'S " BY By Mr. POPE'S Answer . April 10 , 17.06 Mr. WYCHERLEY and Mr. POPE . 23.
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Page 87 - Lordship may cause 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 27 - ... putrify, and are good for nothing, and running violently on, do but the more mischief in their passage to others, and are swallowed up and lost the sooner themselves.
Page 73 - It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd run easy and flowing; in describing a rough Torrent or Deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest.
Page 197 - I wanted nothing but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. I conformed...
Page 209 - Welcome to your native soil, welcome to your friends, thrice welcome to me, whether returned in glory, blest with court interest, the love and familiarity of the great, and filled 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...
Page 126 - The fields in the northern side are divided by hedgerows of myrtle. Several fountains and rivulets add to the beauty of this landscape, which is likewise set off by the variety of some barren spots, and naked rocks.
Page 125 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Page 165 - I KNOW of nothing that will be so interesting to you at present, as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet, and our friend, Wycherley. He had often told me, as I doubt not he did all his acquaintance, that he would marry as soon as his life was despaired of. Accordingly, a few days before his death, he underwent the ceremony, and joined together those two sacraments which, wise men say, should be the last we receive ; for, if you...
Page 65 - People seek for what they call wit, on all subjects, and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve.
Page 211 - ... went. We are now at the Bath, where (if you are not, as I heartily hope, better engaged) your coming would be the greatest pleasure to us in the world.