 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 דפים
...house at Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with looking-glasses ; and they tell me, it has a very good effect. I here...send you some verses addressed to Mr. Gay, who wrote to him a congratulatory letter on the finishing his house. / stifled them here ; and / beg they may... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 דפים
...addressed by Pope to Gay in her praise, adding, with some consciousness, ' I stifled them here, and beg they may die the same death at Paris, and never go farther than your closet.' The lines are very beautiful ; and as they are conclusive as to the poor... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 384 דפים
...house at Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with looking-glasses, and they tell me it has a very good effect. I here send you some verses addressed to Mr. Gay, who wrpte him a congratulatory letter on the finishing his house. I stifled them here; and I beg they may... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 392 דפים
...house at Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with looking-glasses, and they tell me it has a very good effect. I here send you some verses addressed to Mr. Gray, who wrote him a congratulatory letter on the finishing his house. I stifled them here ; and I... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 דפים
...house at Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with looking-glasses, and they tell me, it has a very good effect. I here...at Paris, and never go further than your closet." The 1 " My father had a traditionary recollection in his mind, that the celebrated quarrel or coolness... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1855 - 296 דפים
...of Mar, then at Paris, she says in allusion to these " most musical, most melancholy" verses — "/ stifled them here; and I beg they may die the same death at Paris." It is not, however, quite so easy a thing as Lady Mary seemed to think, to " stifle" such poetry as... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - 1857 - 578 דפים
...house at Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with looking-glasses, and they tell me it has a very good effect. I here...your closet: " ' Ah, friend, 'tis true—this truth yon lovers know— In vain my structures rue, my gardens grow; In vain fair Thames reflects the doable... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - 1857 - 554 דפים
...house at Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with looking-glasses, and they tell me it has a very good effect. I here...go further than your closet : " ' Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1858 - 454 דפים
...subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with lookingglasses, and they tell me it has a good effect. I send you some verses, addressed to Mr. Gay, who wrote him a congratulatory N "Don't you really think so, Sir?" — I think, madam, that he writes verses very well. — " Yes,... | |
 | Joseph SPENCE - 1858 - 488 דפים
...subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with lookingglasses, and they tell me it has a good effect. I send you some verses, addressed to Mr. Gay, who wrote him a congratulatory N "Don't you really think so, Sir?" — I think, madam, that he writes verses very well. — " Yes,... | |
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I see sometimes Mr. Congreve, and very seldom Mr. Pope, who continues to embellish his house at Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with looking-glasses, and they tell me it has a very good effect. I here send you some... 
