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, 9. köideA. 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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... must not entirely credit any thing he affirms . At Button's it is reported you are gone to Hanover , and that Gay goes only on an Embassy to you . Others apprehend fome dan- gerous State treatise from your retirement ; and a Wit , who ...
... must not entirely credit any thing he affirms . At Button's it is reported you are gone to Hanover , and that Gay goes only on an Embassy to you . Others apprehend fome dan- gerous State treatise from your retirement ; and a Wit , who ...
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... must live , and I beg you will not be the man to manage versy against me . The Church of Rome I judge ( from many modern fymptoms , as well as ancient prophecies ) to be in a declining con- dition ; that of England will in a short time ...
... must live , and I beg you will not be the man to manage versy against me . The Church of Rome I judge ( from many modern fymptoms , as well as ancient prophecies ) to be in a declining con- dition ; that of England will in a short time ...
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... push it forward , it must needs confound any man of little spirit , and low birth , who hath no other endowment than that sort of Knowledge , which which , however poffeffed in the highest degree , can 20 LETTERS TO AND.
... push it forward , it must needs confound any man of little spirit , and low birth , who hath no other endowment than that sort of Knowledge , which which , however poffeffed in the highest degree , can 20 LETTERS TO AND.
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... important fervice . And fure , if any human fpeculations have this effect , they must be those which have man for their object , as a reasonable , C 3 3 fome fome hath entitled me to , there are many per- FROM DR . SWIFT , & c . 21.
... important fervice . And fure , if any human fpeculations have this effect , they must be those which have man for their object , as a reasonable , C 3 3 fome fome hath entitled me to , there are many per- FROM DR . SWIFT , & c . 21.
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... must be confeffed , that of late fome people in this country are grown weary of quarrelling , because interest , the great motive of quarrelling , is at an end ; for , it is hardly worth contending who shall be an Exciseman , a Country ...
... must be confeffed , that of late fome people in this country are grown weary of quarrelling , because interest , the great motive of quarrelling , is at an end ; for , it is hardly worth contending who shall be an Exciseman , a Country ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...