The Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements. Being The Second Of His Letters. 8Nicolai, 1764 - 225 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 65
Page 14
... give ourfelves to think over one's own or a friend's unhap- pinefs , the more unable we grow to exprefs the grief that proceeds from it . It is as natural to delay a letter , at fuch a feafon as this , as to retard a melancholy visit to ...
... give ourfelves to think over one's own or a friend's unhap- pinefs , the more unable we grow to exprefs the grief that proceeds from it . It is as natural to delay a letter , at fuch a feafon as this , as to retard a melancholy visit to ...
Page 15
... give us as good an opportunity of practi- fing the one , as themfelves have given an inftance of the violation of the other . Whoever is really brave , has always this comfort when he is opprefs'd , that he knows himself to be fuperior ...
... give us as good an opportunity of practi- fing the one , as themfelves have given an inftance of the violation of the other . Whoever is really brave , has always this comfort when he is opprefs'd , that he knows himself to be fuperior ...
Page 18
... give me a gleam of fatisfaction , in the midst of a very dark , and cloudy fituation of thoughts , which it would be more than human to be exempt from at this time , when our homes muft either be left , or be made too narrow for us to ...
... give me a gleam of fatisfaction , in the midst of a very dark , and cloudy fituation of thoughts , which it would be more than human to be exempt from at this time , when our homes muft either be left , or be made too narrow for us to ...
Page 19
... give my whole applica- tion to Homer ; when without that employment , my thoughts must turn upon what is lefs agreeable , the violence , madness , and refentment of modern War- makers , which are likely to prove ( to fome people at ...
... give my whole applica- tion to Homer ; when without that employment , my thoughts must turn upon what is lefs agreeable , the violence , madness , and refentment of modern War- makers , which are likely to prove ( to fome people at ...
Page 23
... give me fuch a one , provided I can lead fuch a life . I leave him to the mercy of God , and to the piety of a religion that extends beyond the grave : Si qua eft ea cura , & c . He has left me to the ticklish management of fo narrow a ...
... give me fuch a one , provided I can lead fuch a life . I leave him to the mercy of God , and to the piety of a religion that extends beyond the grave : Si qua eft ea cura , & c . He has left me to the ticklish management of fo narrow a ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adieu affure againſt almoſt amuſements anſwer becauſe beft beſt Biſhop Blount buſineſs cafe Chriftians converſation court dear Sir death deferves defire Digby Duchefs eaſy EDWARD BLOUNT elſe eſteem faid fame fatisfaction feems fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fincere firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftate ftill fuch fuffer fure give Gorboduc greateſt happineſs happy hear heartily himſelf Homer honour hope houſe Iliad juſt Lady Scudamore laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER live lofs Lord Lord Bathurst Mary Digby mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never occafion perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure prefent preſerve reaſon reflect ROBERT DIGBY ſay ſcene ſee ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch tell thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro town Twickenham uſe verfe whofe whoſe wifh wiſh worfe writ write yourſelf