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, Volume 9A. 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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... myself ( for they contain nothing of present Times or Perfons , upon which I fhall never lofe a thought while there is a Cat or a Spaniel in the house ) but to preserve them from being loft among Meffengers and Clerks . I have written ...
... myself ( for they contain nothing of present Times or Perfons , upon which I fhall never lofe a thought while there is a Cat or a Spaniel in the house ) but to preserve them from being loft among Meffengers and Clerks . I have written ...
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... myself , to fee how ill a tafte for wit and sense prevails in the world , which Po- litics , and South - fea , and Party , and Opera's , and Masquerades have introduced . For , be- fides many infipid papers which the malice of a focial ...
... myself , to fee how ill a tafte for wit and sense prevails in the world , which Po- litics , and South - fea , and Party , and Opera's , and Masquerades have introduced . For , be- fides many infipid papers which the malice of a focial ...
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... myself so far out - done by the Earl of Oxford in my own trade as a Scholar , and too good a courtier not to discover his contempt of those who would be men of importance out of their sphere . Befides , to say the truth , although I ...
... myself so far out - done by the Earl of Oxford in my own trade as a Scholar , and too good a courtier not to discover his contempt of those who would be men of importance out of their sphere . Befides , to say the truth , although I ...
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... myself against a Popish Succeffor to the Crown , whatever Title he might have by the proximity of blood : Neither did I ever regard the right line , except upon two accounts : first , as it was established by law ; and fecondly , as it ...
... myself against a Popish Succeffor to the Crown , whatever Title he might have by the proximity of blood : Neither did I ever regard the right line , except upon two accounts : first , as it was established by law ; and fecondly , as it ...
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... myself ; neither can I truly say I have any at all , or , if I had , I dare not venture to publish them : For however orthodox they may be while I am now writing , they may be- come criminal enough to bring me into trouble before ...
... myself ; neither can I truly say I have any at all , or , if I had , I dare not venture to publish them : For however orthodox they may be while I am now writing , they may be- come criminal enough to bring me into trouble before ...
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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...