The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 91806 |
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... acquaintance LXXI . Concern for his abfence . Of a libel against him . Reflections on the behaviour of a worthless man LXXII . Melancholy circumstances of the feparation of friends . Impertinence of falfe pretend- ers to their ...
... acquaintance LXXI . Concern for his abfence . Of a libel against him . Reflections on the behaviour of a worthless man LXXII . Melancholy circumstances of the feparation of friends . Impertinence of falfe pretend- ers to their ...
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... acquainted you what progress I have made * Gay was fent at this time on the embaffy to Hanover , with Craggs , to announce the illness of Queen Anne . b This project ( in which the principal perfons engaged were Dr. Arbuthnot , Dr ...
... acquainted you what progress I have made * Gay was fent at this time on the embaffy to Hanover , with Craggs , to announce the illness of Queen Anne . b This project ( in which the principal perfons engaged were Dr. Arbuthnot , Dr ...
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... acquaintance . I have not been very fond of them for fome years past , not when I thought them tolerably good ; and therefore , if I can get leave to be abfent , I shall be much inclined to be on that fide , when there is a Parliament ...
... acquaintance . I have not been very fond of them for fome years past , not when I thought them tolerably good ; and therefore , if I can get leave to be abfent , I shall be much inclined to be on that fide , when there is a Parliament ...
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... acquaintance no would court , otherwife than upon the fcore of Vanity or Ambition . The first quickly wears off , ( and is the Vice of low minds , for a man of fpirit is too proud to be vain , ) and the other was not my cafe . Befides ...
... acquaintance no would court , otherwife than upon the fcore of Vanity or Ambition . The first quickly wears off , ( and is the Vice of low minds , for a man of fpirit is too proud to be vain , ) and the other was not my cafe . Befides ...
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... acquaintance , Congreve , Arbuthnot , Lewis , etc. but you mention only Mr. Pope , who I believe is lazy , or elfe hẹ might have added three lines of his own . I am ex- tremely glad he is not in your cafe of needing great men's favour ...
... acquaintance , Congreve , Arbuthnot , Lewis , etc. but you mention only Mr. Pope , who I believe is lazy , or elfe hẹ might have added three lines of his own . I am ex- tremely glad he is not in your cafe of needing great men's favour ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
acquaintance Adieu affure againſt almoſt anſwer Arbuthnot becauſe befides beſt Biſhop circumftance confequence converfation Court deferving defign defire Dublin Duchefs Dunciad Effay England Epiftles eſteem faid fame fatire feems fend fent fervants feven fhall fhew fhould fince finiſh firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fpirit friends friendſhip fubject fuch fummer fure Grace greateſt hath hear himſelf honour hope houſe intereft Ireland juft juſt Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs letter live lofe loft Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Oxford Lord Peterborow Minifters moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve occafion paffed perfon Philofopher pleaſed pleaſure Pope Pray prefent printed profe publiſhed reafon refpect ſay ſcheme ſee ſeen ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtate Swift tell thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand Twickenham underſtanding unleſs uſed verfes verſes WARBURTON WARTON Whig whofe wifh wiſh worfe worſe writ write yourſelf
Passagens conhecidas
Página 59 - I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Página 68 - Take care the bad poets do not out-wit you, as they have served the good ones in every age, whom they have provoked to transmit their names to posterity. Maevius is as well known as Virgil, and Gildon will be as well known as you, if his name gets into your verses : and as to the difference between good and bad fame, 'tis a perfect trifle.
Página 440 - To make an Episode. Take any remaining adventure of your former collection in which you could no way involve your hero, or any unfortunate accident that was too good to be thrown away, and it will be of use applied to any other person, who may be lost and evaporate in the course of the work without the least damage to the composition.
Página 477 - Vati noceat . But however this contention might be carried on by the Partizans on either side, I cannot help thinking these two great Poets were good friends, and lived on amicable terms and in offices of society with each other.
Página 79 - 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 86 - A Bishop here said that book was full of improbable lies, and for his part, he hardly believed a word of it; and so much for Gulliver.
Página 61 - But, however, he is not without fault. There is a passage in Bede, highly commending the piety and learning of the Irish in that age, where after abundance of praises he overthrows them all, by lamenting that, alas ! they kept Easter at a wrong time of the year.
Página 156 - I was forty-seven years old when I began to think of death ; * and the reflections upon it now begin when I wake in the morning, and end when I am going to sleep.
Página 80 - 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 215 - If your ramble," says Swift, in another letter, " was on horseback, I am glad of it, on account of your health ; but I know your arts of patching up a journey between stagecoaches and friends' coaches, for you are as arrant a cockney as any hosier in Cheapside.