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 33
... best and greatest part of my life , until these last eight years , I fpent in England : there I made my friend- fhips , and there I left my defires . I am con- demned for ever to another country ; what is in prudence to be done ? I ...
... best and greatest part of my life , until these last eight years , I fpent in England : there I made my friend- fhips , and there I left my defires . I am con- demned for ever to another country ; what is in prudence to be done ? I ...
Pagina 35
... best of all flatterers : The defect is , that they flatter only in print or in writing , but not by word of mouth : They will give things under their hand which they make a confcience of speaking . Befides , they are too libertine to ...
... best of all flatterers : The defect is , that they flatter only in print or in writing , but not by word of mouth : They will give things under their hand which they make a confcience of speaking . Befides , they are too libertine to ...
Pagina 47
... best friends , and a man might be philofopher enough in finding out reafons for it . One thing is clear , that it fhews a mighty difference betwixt Friendship and Love , for a lover ( as I have heard ) is always fcribling to his ...
... best friends , and a man might be philofopher enough in finding out reafons for it . One thing is clear , that it fhews a mighty difference betwixt Friendship and Love , for a lover ( as I have heard ) is always fcribling to his ...
Pagina 63
... best is , that I have not waited on his Lordship . We have had a Poem fent from London in imitation of that on Mifs Carteret . It is on Mifs Harvey of a day old ; and we fay and think it is yours . I wish it were not , because I am ...
... best is , that I have not waited on his Lordship . We have had a Poem fent from London in imitation of that on Mifs Carteret . It is on Mifs Harvey of a day old ; and we fay and think it is yours . I wish it were not , because I am ...
Pagina 67
... best of any good - natur'd man in England . Lord B. is above trifling : when he writes of any thing in this world , he is more than mortal ; if ever he trifles , it must be when he turns a Divine . Gay is writing Tales for Prince ...
... best of any good - natur'd man in England . Lord B. is above trifling : when he writes of any thing in this world , he is more than mortal ; if ever he trifles , it must be when he turns a Divine . Gay is writing Tales for Prince ...
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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...