The Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements. Being The Fourth Of His Letters. 10Nicolai, 1764 - 166 pages |
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... court no favour ; I fpend no fhillings in coaches or chairs to levees or great vifits , and , as I don't want the affiftance of fome that I formerly convers'd with , I will not fo much as feem to feek to be a dependant . As to my ...
... court no favour ; I fpend no fhillings in coaches or chairs to levees or great vifits , and , as I don't want the affiftance of fome that I formerly convers'd with , I will not fo much as feem to feek to be a dependant . As to my ...
Page 34
... Courts and Minifters , who hobble on and profper , without the fenfe of feeling . To talk of riding and walking is insulting me , for I can as foon fly as do either . It is your pride or laziness , more than chair - hire , that makes ...
... Courts and Minifters , who hobble on and profper , without the fenfe of feeling . To talk of riding and walking is insulting me , for I can as foon fly as do either . It is your pride or laziness , more than chair - hire , that makes ...
Page 37
... Court , are the difficulties , to be overcome ; but thofe cir- cumstances may have altered ( at least the former ) fince I left you . My fcheme was to pass a month at Aimsbury , and then go to Twickenham , and live a Winter between that ...
... Court , are the difficulties , to be overcome ; but thofe cir- cumstances may have altered ( at least the former ) fince I left you . My fcheme was to pass a month at Aimsbury , and then go to Twickenham , and live a Winter between that ...
Page 38
... Court hopes and Court - fears . Yet Mr. Pope has the fame defect , and it is of all others the most mor- tal to converfation ; neither is my Lord Bolingbroke untinged with it : all for want of my rule , Vive la bagatelle ! but the ...
... Court hopes and Court - fears . Yet Mr. Pope has the fame defect , and it is of all others the most mor- tal to converfation ; neither is my Lord Bolingbroke untinged with it : all for want of my rule , Vive la bagatelle ! but the ...
Page 42
... Courts , Cities , and Kingdoms quarrel for no other caufe ; from hence , and from hence only arife all the quarrels between Whig and Tory ; between those who are in the Miniftry , and those who are out ; between all pretenders to ...
... Courts , Cities , and Kingdoms quarrel for no other caufe ; from hence , and from hence only arife all the quarrels between Whig and Tory ; between those who are in the Miniftry , and those who are out ; between all pretenders to ...
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