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 4
... because I never received any fuch infulting Epistle from you . My Lord Oxford fays you have not written to him once a Some time before the death of Queen Anne , when her Ministers were quarrel- ling , and the Dean could not reconcile ...
... because I never received any fuch infulting Epistle from you . My Lord Oxford fays you have not written to him once a Some time before the death of Queen Anne , when her Ministers were quarrel- ling , and the Dean could not reconcile ...
Pagina 15
... because we would oblige you to be a Christian ; whereas we will make it appear , to all the world , that we only com- pelled you to be a Whig . There is a young ingenious Quaker in this town , who writes verses to his mistress , not ...
... because we would oblige you to be a Christian ; whereas we will make it appear , to all the world , that we only com- pelled you to be a Whig . There is a young ingenious Quaker in this town , who writes verses to his mistress , not ...
Pagina 21
... because they have no tendency to mend the heart ; and recommend- ed the first as our principal ftudy , for its efficacy in this important fervice . And fure , if any human fpeculations have this effect , they must be those which have ...
... because they have no tendency to mend the heart ; and recommend- ed the first as our principal ftudy , for its efficacy in this important fervice . And fure , if any human fpeculations have this effect , they must be those which have ...
Pagina 27
... because interest , the great motive of quarrelling , is at an end ; for , it is hardly worth contending who shall be an Exciseman , a Country - Vicar , a Cryer in the Courts , or an Under - Clerk . You will perhaps be inclined to think ...
... because interest , the great motive of quarrelling , is at an end ; for , it is hardly worth contending who shall be an Exciseman , a Country - Vicar , a Cryer in the Courts , or an Under - Clerk . You will perhaps be inclined to think ...
Pagina 28
... the confequences it produced fome very bad effects , which are likely to stick long enough by us . I had likewife in those days a mortal antipa- thy thy against Standing Armies in times of Peace . Because 28 . LETTERS TO AND.
... the confequences it produced fome very bad effects , which are likely to stick long enough by us . I had likewife in those days a mortal antipa- thy thy against Standing Armies in times of Peace . Because 28 . LETTERS TO AND.
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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...