The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 6J. Balfour, 1764 |
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Page xiv
... fafe hands . LETTERS to RALPH ALLEN , Efq . LXXXIX . Of the ufe of picture and fculpture , both for civil and religious purposes . XC . Of a new edition of his letters , and the use of them . XCI . Of the cultivation of his own gardens ...
... fafe hands . LETTERS to RALPH ALLEN , Efq . LXXXIX . Of the ufe of picture and fculpture , both for civil and religious purposes . XC . Of a new edition of his letters , and the use of them . XCI . Of the cultivation of his own gardens ...
Page 61
... Rehearsal . I'll give him flash for flash , I'll give him dafh for dash.- But all now is fafe ; the Poets are preparing fongs of joy , and Halcyon - days are the word . I hope , my Lord , it will not be FROM SEVERAL PERSONS . 61.
... Rehearsal . I'll give him flash for flash , I'll give him dafh for dash.- But all now is fafe ; the Poets are preparing fongs of joy , and Halcyon - days are the word . I hope , my Lord , it will not be FROM SEVERAL PERSONS . 61.
Page 82
... fafe fighting indeed , but it is fighting with Shadows . General propofitions are ob- fcure , mifty , and uncertain , compar'd with plain , full , and home examples : Precepts only apply to our Rea- fon , which in most men is but weak ...
... fafe fighting indeed , but it is fighting with Shadows . General propofitions are ob- fcure , mifty , and uncertain , compar'd with plain , full , and home examples : Precepts only apply to our Rea- fon , which in most men is but weak ...
Page 83
... fafe to join in an Affaffination , as in a Libelt . I will con- fuit my fafety fo far as I think becomes a prudent man ; but not fo far as to omit any thing which I think be- comes an honest one . As to perfonal attacks beyond . the law ...
... fafe to join in an Affaffination , as in a Libelt . I will con- fuit my fafety fo far as I think becomes a prudent man ; but not fo far as to omit any thing which I think be- comes an honest one . As to perfonal attacks beyond . the law ...
Page 88
... fafe Companion , many were ferv'd , none ever fuffer'd by her acquaintance : inoffenfive , when unpro- voked ; when provoked , not stupid : But the moment her enemy ceased to be hurtful , fhe could ceafe to act as an enemy . She was ...
... fafe Companion , many were ferv'd , none ever fuffer'd by her acquaintance : inoffenfive , when unpro- voked ; when provoked , not stupid : But the moment her enemy ceased to be hurtful , fhe could ceafe to act as an enemy . She was ...
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