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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... oblig'd you to refuse , what you wou'd not be difpleas'd with , if done without your knowledge : And befides to end all difpute , you had been pleas'd to make me a free gift of them , to do what I pleas'd with them : and every one knows ...
... oblig'd you to refuse , what you wou'd not be difpleas'd with , if done without your knowledge : And befides to end all difpute , you had been pleas'd to make me a free gift of them , to do what I pleas'd with them : and every one knows ...
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... oblig'd Servant , than , Sir , Your faithful , and moft humble Servant , E. THOMAS . P. S. A Letter , Sir , directed to Mrs. Tho- mas , to be left at my house , will be fafely tranfmitted to her , by E. CURLL . W To Mr. POPE .. Epfom ...
... oblig'd Servant , than , Sir , Your faithful , and moft humble Servant , E. THOMAS . P. S. A Letter , Sir , directed to Mrs. Tho- mas , to be left at my house , will be fafely tranfmitted to her , by E. CURLL . W To Mr. POPE .. Epfom ...
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... oblig'd me beyond my present Power of returning the Favour , that a Debtor may be an honeft Man , if he but intends to be just when he is able , tho ' late . But I fhould be lefs juft to you , the more I thought I could make a Re- turn ...
... oblig'd me beyond my present Power of returning the Favour , that a Debtor may be an honeft Man , if he but intends to be just when he is able , tho ' late . But I fhould be lefs juft to you , the more I thought I could make a Re- turn ...
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... oblig'd to you ; af- furing you , your concern for either will make me more careful of both . Yet for your fake I love this Life fo well , that I thall the lefs think of the other ; but ' tis in your power to enfure my Happiness in one ...
... oblig'd to you ; af- furing you , your concern for either will make me more careful of both . Yet for your fake I love this Life fo well , that I thall the lefs think of the other ; but ' tis in your power to enfure my Happiness in one ...
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... oblig'd me by your Franknefs and Kindness to me : And if I have abus'd it by too much Freedom on my part , I hope you will at- tribute it to the natural Openness of my Temper , which hardly knows how to show Refpect , where I feel ...
... oblig'd me by your Franknefs and Kindness to me : And if I have abus'd it by too much Freedom on my part , I hope you will at- tribute it to the natural Openness of my Temper , which hardly knows how to show Refpect , where I feel ...
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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.