The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... thing that might please you ; and I fancied upon recollection , our writing the letter you proposed was of that nature . I therefore sate down to my part of it last night , when I should have gone out of town . out of town . Whether or ...
... thing that might please you ; and I fancied upon recollection , our writing the letter you proposed was of that nature . I therefore sate down to my part of it last night , when I should have gone out of town . out of town . Whether or ...
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... things to you before your husband ? Let us see how far Lady M. herself dares do any thing like it , with all the wit and address she is mistress of LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . 7.
... things to you before your husband ? Let us see how far Lady M. herself dares do any thing like it , with all the wit and address she is mistress of LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . 7.
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... thing that lady says is taken for satire . For my part , every body knows it is my constant prac- tice to speak truth , and I never do it more than when I call myself Your , & c . LETTER III . * TO LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . MADAM ...
... thing that lady says is taken for satire . For my part , every body knows it is my constant prac- tice to speak truth , and I never do it more than when I call myself Your , & c . LETTER III . * TO LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . MADAM ...
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... thing a little less hideous , but you shall find it in all respects most horribly like . You will do me an injustice if you look upon any thing I shall say from this instant , as a compliment either to you or to myself : whatever I ...
... thing a little less hideous , but you shall find it in all respects most horribly like . You will do me an injustice if you look upon any thing I shall say from this instant , as a compliment either to you or to myself : whatever I ...
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... thing else . How often have I been quietly going to take possession of that tranquillity and indolence I had so long found in the country , when one evening of your conver- sation has spoiled me for a solitaire too ? Books have lost ...
... thing else . How often have I been quietly going to take possession of that tranquillity and indolence I had so long found in the country , when one evening of your conver- sation has spoiled me for a solitaire too ? Books have lost ...
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Página 230 - His figure was beautiful ; but his manner was irresistible, by either man or woman. It was by this engaging, graceful manner, that he was enabled, during all his war, to connect the various and jarring powers of the Grand Alliance, and to carry them on to the main object of the war, notwithstanding their private and separate views, jealousies, and wrongheadednesses.
Página 102 - tis justice, soon or late, Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmov'd can hear the call, And face the flash that melts the ball.
Página 99 - I am confident it is the prettiest kind of white soul in the universe. But I forget whom I am talking to; you may possibly by this time believe, according to the prophet, that you have none ; if so, show me that which comes next to a soul; you may easily put it upon a poor ignorant Christian for a soul, and please him as well with it; — I mean your heart; — Mahomet, I think, allows you hearts; which (together with fine eyes and other agreeable equivalents) are worth all the souls on this side...
Página 70 - I no longer look upon Theocritus as a romantic writer ; he has only given a plain image of the way of life amongst the peasants of his country ; who, before oppression had reduced them to want, were, I suppose, all employed as the better sort of them are now. I don't doubt, had he been born a Briton, but his Idylliums had been filled with descriptions of threshing and churning...
Página 225 - English stages, and it is only by a blind confidence in the reputation of Milton that a drama can be praised in which the intermediate parts have neither cause nor consequence, neither hasten nor retard the catastrophe.
Página 71 - The description of the belt of Menelaus exactly resembles those that are now worn by the great men, fastened before with broad golden clasps, and embroidered round with rich -work. The snowy veil, that Helen throws over her face, is still fashionable ; and I never see half a dozen of old Bashas (as I do very often) with their reverend beards, sitting basking in the sun, but I recollect good King Priam and his counsellors.
Página 209 - Spencer ; and I will take care to make good in every respect what I said to him when living ; particularly as to the triplet he wrote for his own epitaph ; which, while we were in good terms, I promised him should never appear on his tomb while I was dean of Westminster.
Página 70 - I read over your Homer here with an infinite pleasure, and find several little passages explained, that I did not before entirely comprehend the beauty of: many of the customs, and much of the dress then in fashion, being yet retained. I...
Página 238 - If you do, my lord, it is but lately. May I beg to know what new light or arguments have prevailed with you now, to entertain an opinion so contrary to that which you entertained of that book all the former part of your life...
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