| 1804 - 452 pages
...probable that Pope noted this thought; for the following lines seem a beautiful heightening of the idea: " Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid." Then he adds, " Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole."... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; Lh, more than share it, give me all thy srri'f. leaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover or some captive maW ; 'hey live, they speak, tht-y breathe what love inVarm from the soul, and faithful to its fires,... | |
| Ann Mary Hamilton - 1813 - 830 pages
...all Booksellers. * • . . " .. 'i . ••••'••. * '.••,•-. BE CO UM € F, CHAPTER I. Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid. Some banish'd lover, or 'some captive maid." POPE. WHEN Clara called ou Mr. Sauritzy's agent, she was agreeably surprised to" find, that, by the... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...can do. Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; An, more than share it, give me all thy grief. that sliunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantrcss, oft, the ; [spires, Tkeylive, they speak, they breathe what love intt'«nn from the soul, and faithful to its... | |
| Robert Huish - 1821 - 734 pages
...of an acquaintance being renewed or continued, which might end in the degradation of the family; but Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid. A correspondence was discovered by one of the arguses of the court — a plan was formed for intercepting... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...can do. Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grief. Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid ; [spires, They live, they speak, they breathe what love inWarm from the soul, and faithful to its... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 354 pages
...that Pope had noted this thought, for the following lines seem a beautiful heightening of the idea : " Heaven first taught letters, for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid." Then he adds, they " Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1823 - 418 pages
...faded eyes pursue ; To read and weep is all they now can do. Eloisa to Ahelard, I. 47. Again, Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid. Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid : Chap. 16.] SENTIMENTS. 371 They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 536 pages
...Pope had noted this thought, for the following lines seem a beautiful .heightening of the idea : " Heaven first taught letters, for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid." Then he adds, they " Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grief. 50 Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid ; NOTES. Ver. 41. Yet write,'] This is taken from the Latin letters that passed betwixt Eloisa and... | |
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