The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... look upon a friend in Ireland as upon a friend in the other world , whom ( popifhly fpeaking ) I believe conftantly well difpofed towards me , and ready to do me all the good he can , in that ftate of feparation , though I hear nothing ...
... look upon a friend in Ireland as upon a friend in the other world , whom ( popifhly fpeaking ) I believe conftantly well difpofed towards me , and ready to do me all the good he can , in that ftate of feparation , though I hear nothing ...
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... look and habit , & c . It gave me a hint that a fett of Quaker paftorals might fuc- ceed , if our friend Gay * could fancy it , and I think it a fruitful fubject ; pray hear what he says . I believe further , the paftoral ridicule is ...
... look and habit , & c . It gave me a hint that a fett of Quaker paftorals might fuc- ceed , if our friend Gay * could fancy it , and I think it a fruitful fubject ; pray hear what he says . I believe further , the paftoral ridicule is ...
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... look upon them as a race of people whofe acquaintance no man would court , otherwife than upon the score of Vanity or Ambition . The first quickly wears off ( and is the Vice of low minds , for a man of spirit is too proud to be vain ) ...
... look upon them as a race of people whofe acquaintance no man would court , otherwife than upon the score of Vanity or Ambition . The first quickly wears off ( and is the Vice of low minds , for a man of spirit is too proud to be vain ) ...
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... look upon this as a fincere effect of Friendship . Indeed as I can- not but own the Laziness with which you and with which I may equally charge you , both of us have had ( and one of us hath both had and given * ) a Surfeit of writing ...
... look upon this as a fincere effect of Friendship . Indeed as I can- not but own the Laziness with which you and with which I may equally charge you , both of us have had ( and one of us hath both had and given * ) a Surfeit of writing ...
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... look upon me as one entailed upon them by you : Lord Bolingbroke is now returned ( as I hope ) to take Me with all his other Hereditary Rights : and , indeed , he seems grown fo much a Philofopher , as to fet his heart upon fome of them ...
... look upon me as one entailed upon them by you : Lord Bolingbroke is now returned ( as I hope ) to take Me with all his other Hereditary Rights : and , indeed , he seems grown fo much a Philofopher , as to fet his heart upon fome of them ...
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Página 119 - I used to be going to bed, surfeited with pleasure, or jaded with business : my head often full of schemes, and my heart as often full of anxiety. Is it a misfortune, think you, that I rise at this hour refreshed, serene, and calm ? that the past...
Página 97 - As to this country,* there have been three terrible years dearth of corn, and every place strewed with beggars; but dearths are common in better climates, and our evils here lie much deeper. Imagine a nation the two thirds of whose revenues are spent out of it, and who are not permitted to trade with the other third, and where the pride of women will not suffer...
Página 159 - Two or three of us had a fancy, three years ago, to write a weekly paper, and call it an Intelligencer. But it continued not long ; for the whole volume (it was reprinted in London, and I find you have seen it,) was the work only of two, myself and Dr.
Página 64 - But the best way of convincing you of my indulgence, will be, if I live, to visit you in Ireland, and act there as much in my own way as you did here in yours.
Página 55 - Lords and Commons, nemine contradicente; and the whole town, men, women, and children, are quite full of it. Perhaps I may all this time be talking to you of a book you have never seen, and which...
Página 53 - 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.
Página 178 - Dr. Delany is the only gentleman I know, who keeps one certain day in the week to entertain seven or eight friends at dinner, and to pass the evening, where there is nothing of excess, either in eating or drinking.
Página 139 - ... to your stock, and then I shall be in less pain about you. I know you can find dinners, but you love twelvepenny coaches too well, without considering that the interest of a whole thousand pounds brings you but half a crown a day...
Página 121 - I muft accommodate my plan to this deficiency. In the mean time Pope has given me more trouble than he or I thought of ; and you will be...
Página 177 - It is true our meat and wine is cheaper here, as it is always in the poorest countries, because there is no money to pay for them : I believe there are not in this whole city three gentlemen out of employment, who are able to give entertainments...