The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 9A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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Pagina x
... shall take of Mr. Pope's , to prevent their being printed . LXXVIII . From Dr. Swift . On the death of friends . What fort of popularity he bas · 1 LETTER bas in Ireland . Against the general corruption . X CONTENT S.
... shall take of Mr. Pope's , to prevent their being printed . LXXVIII . From Dr. Swift . On the death of friends . What fort of popularity he bas · 1 LETTER bas in Ireland . Against the general corruption . X CONTENT S.
Pagina 6
... shall translate Homer by the by . Mr. Gay has acquainted you what progress I have made in it . I can't name Mr. Gay , without all the ac- knowledgements which I shall ever owe you , on his account . If I writ this in verfe I would tell ...
... shall translate Homer by the by . Mr. Gay has acquainted you what progress I have made in it . I can't name Mr. Gay , without all the ac- knowledgements which I shall ever owe you , on his account . If I writ this in verfe I would tell ...
Pagina 50
... shall find him as deep in the Court of Requests , the Park , the Opera's , and the Coffee - house , as any man there . I am now with him for a few days . You must remember me with great affection to Dr. Arbuthnot , Mr. Congreve , and ...
... shall find him as deep in the Court of Requests , the Park , the Opera's , and the Coffee - house , as any man there . I am now with him for a few days . You must remember me with great affection to Dr. Arbuthnot , Mr. Congreve , and ...
Pagina 51
... shall never more be in a strange land , but a diligent , I hope ufeful , investigation of my own Territories b . I mean no more Tranf- lations , but fomething domeftic , fit for my own country , and for my own time . If you come to us ...
... shall never more be in a strange land , but a diligent , I hope ufeful , investigation of my own Territories b . I mean no more Tranf- lations , but fomething domeftic , fit for my own country , and for my own time . If you come to us ...
Pagina 54
... shall go on till I have done with them . I have got materials , towards a Treatife , proving the falfity of that definition Animal rationale , and to fhew it should be only rationis capax . Upon this great foundation of Misanthropy ...
... shall go on till I have done with them . I have got materials , towards a Treatife , proving the falfity of that definition Animal rationale , and to fhew it should be only rationis capax . Upon this great foundation of Misanthropy ...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete. With ..., Volume 9 Alexander Pope Volledige weergave - 1752 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 132 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Pagina 50 - I have often endeavoured to establish a friendship among all men of genius, and would fain have it done : they are seldom above three or four contemporaries, and if they could be united, would drive the world before them.
Pagina 56 - The matter is so clear that it will admit of no dispute ; nay, I will hold a hundred pounds that you and I agree in the point.
Pagina 54 - I like the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dispersions, but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer you have ever seen without reading.
Pagina 167 - I thought of; and you will be surprised to find that I have been partly drawn by him, and partly by myself, to write a pretty large volume upon a very grave and very important...
Pagina 117 - As to the return of his health and vigour, were you here, you might inquire of his haymakers ; but as to his temperance, I can answer that (for one whole day) we have had nothing for dinner but mutton broth, beans and bacon, and a barn-door fowl.
Pagina 26 - The first quickly wears off, and is the vice of low minds, for a man of spirit is too proud to be vain ; and the other was not my case.
Pagina 223 - It is not now indeed a time to think of myself, when one of the nearest and longest ties I have ever had, is broken all on a sudden by the unexpected death of poor Mr. Gay. An inflammatory fever hurried him out of this life in three days. He...
Pagina 77 - The politicians to a man agree, that it is free from particular reflections, but that the satire on general societies of men is too severe.
Pagina 61 - I've fancied, I say, that we should meet like the righteous in the Millennium, quite in peace, divested of all our former passions, smiling at our past follies, and content to enjoy the kingdom of the just in tranquillity. But I find you would rather be employed as an avenging angel of wrath...