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 |
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... present age . However , it were to be wish'd people would now and then look upon good works as they do upon old ward- robes ' , merely in case any of them should by chance come into fashion again ; as ancient fardingales revi . ve in ...
... present age . However , it were to be wish'd people would now and then look upon good works as they do upon old ward- robes ' , merely in case any of them should by chance come into fashion again ; as ancient fardingales revi . ve in ...
Page 106
... present a dream of an absent friend , or bring you back an agreeable converfation . But upon the whole , I hope you will think lefs of the time past than of the future ; as the former has been lefs kind to you than the latter infallibly ...
... present a dream of an absent friend , or bring you back an agreeable converfation . But upon the whole , I hope you will think lefs of the time past than of the future ; as the former has been lefs kind to you than the latter infallibly ...
Page 112
... present vainly , but pleasingly employ'd , on what I have loft , and can never recover . I know well I ought , for that reafon , to call them off to other subjects , but hitherto I have not been able to do it . By giving them the rein ...
... present vainly , but pleasingly employ'd , on what I have loft , and can never recover . I know well I ought , for that reafon , to call them off to other subjects , but hitherto I have not been able to do it . By giving them the rein ...
Page 113
... present and future times , and if not gain equally the applause of both , may yet raise the envy of the one , and fecure the adiniration of the other . Employ not your precious moments , and great talents , on little men and little ...
... present and future times , and if not gain equally the applause of both , may yet raise the envy of the one , and fecure the adiniration of the other . Employ not your precious moments , and great talents , on little men and little ...
Page 147
... present race , merely in hope they may be a little wifer than their Parents . I ain , & c . LETTER XXI . T is true that I write to you very feldom , and have I no pretence of writing which rifles me because I have nothing to say that ...
... present race , merely in hope they may be a little wifer than their Parents . I ain , & c . LETTER XXI . T is true that I write to you very feldom , and have I no pretence of writing which rifles me because I have nothing to say that ...
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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