 | Edward Boucher James - 1896 - 730 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... | |
 | Edward Boucher James - 1896 - 730 דפים
...Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he has furnished with looking-glasses, and they till 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... | |
 | Susan Hale - 1898 - 334 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...wrote him a congratulatory letter on the finishing of his house. I stifled them here, and I beg they may die the same death in Paris, and never go further... | |
 | Emily Morse] [Symonds - 1907 - 630 דפים
...Pope, who continues to embellish his house at Twickenham. He has made a subterranean grotto, which he furnished with looking-glass, and they tell me it...never 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 Thames... | |
 | Julian Hill - 1907 - 378 דפים
...he has furnished with looking-glasses, and they tell me, it has a very good effect. I send you here some verses addressed to Mr. Gay, who wrote him a...death at Paris, and never go further than your closet. Oh, Friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know ; In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 דפים
...shall of our Stock take care : Europa pleas'd accepts the Bull, And Jove with Joy puts off the Bear. To Mr. Gay, WHO WROTE HIM A CONGRATULATORY LETTER ON THE FINISHING HIS HOUSE [written 1720; published, 1-6, 1803; 7-14, 1737] Ah friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 1998 - 362 דפים
...heart; There, stretch'd unseen in coverts hid from day, Bleeds drop by drop, and pants his life away. ("To Mr. Gay, who wrote him a congratulatory letter on the finishing his house") Stimulated by his desire for (Mary Wortley) Montagu, Pope constructs an erotic landscape in which to... | |
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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... 
