The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... thousand good fubjects ? Up- on the whole , you may truly attribute my filence to the Eclipfe , but it was that Eclipfe which hap- pened on the first of August . I borrowed your Homer from the Bishop ( mine is not yet landed ) and read ...
... thousand good fubjects ? Up- on the whole , you may truly attribute my filence to the Eclipfe , but it was that Eclipfe which hap- pened on the first of August . I borrowed your Homer from the Bishop ( mine is not yet landed ) and read ...
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... thousand poetical texts to confirm the one ; and as to the other , I know it was anciently the custom to fleep in Tem ples for those who would confult the Oracles , " Who dictates to me flumbering , " & c . You are an ill Catholick , or ...
... thousand poetical texts to confirm the one ; and as to the other , I know it was anciently the custom to fleep in Tem ples for those who would confult the Oracles , " Who dictates to me flumbering , " & c . You are an ill Catholick , or ...
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... Thousand things have vexed me of late years , which I am determined to lay open my mind to you . I rather chufe to appeal to you than to my Lord Chief Juftice Whitfhed , under the fitua- tion I am in . For , I take this caufe properly ...
... Thousand things have vexed me of late years , which I am determined to lay open my mind to you . I rather chufe to appeal to you than to my Lord Chief Juftice Whitfhed , under the fitua- tion I am in . For , I take this caufe properly ...
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... thousand peo- ple , who never cared for one ? No ill - humour'd man can ever be a Patriot , any more than a Friend . I defigned to have left the following page for Dr. Arbuthnot to fill , but he is so touch'd with the pe- riod in yours ...
... thousand peo- ple , who never cared for one ? No ill - humour'd man can ever be a Patriot , any more than a Friend . I defigned to have left the following page for Dr. Arbuthnot to fill , but he is so touch'd with the pe- riod in yours ...
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... thousand pitys he had not known it , he could have added fuch abundance of things upon every fubject . Among Lady - critics , fome have found out that Mr. Gulliver had a parti- cular malice to Maids of honour . Thofe of them * It is no ...
... thousand pitys he had not known it , he could have added fuch abundance of things upon every fubject . Among Lady - critics , fome have found out that Mr. Gulliver had a parti- cular malice to Maids of honour . Thofe of them * It is no ...
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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...