The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... honours gained and tardily acknowledged , the venerable poet , when ap- proaching the close of his chequered life , bequeathed to Con- greve the care of his posthumous fame . He trusted that his friend would be kind to his remains , and ...
... honours gained and tardily acknowledged , the venerable poet , when ap- proaching the close of his chequered life , bequeathed to Con- greve the care of his posthumous fame . He trusted that his friend would be kind to his remains , and ...
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... honour of being rich also in great poetical and immortal memories.1 In Lombard - street the poet's father carried on the busi- 1 Spence states that the house in which Pope was born was afterwards ( in 1739 ) occupied by one Mr. Morgan ...
... honour of being rich also in great poetical and immortal memories.1 In Lombard - street the poet's father carried on the busi- 1 Spence states that the house in which Pope was born was afterwards ( in 1739 ) occupied by one Mr. Morgan ...
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... honour of being sprung from gentle blood . When that silken baron , Lord Hervey , vice - chamberlain in the Court of George II . , and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , disgraced themselves by in- diting the verses containing this couplet ...
... honour of being sprung from gentle blood . When that silken baron , Lord Hervey , vice - chamberlain in the Court of George II . , and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , disgraced themselves by in- diting the verses containing this couplet ...
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... honours of genius , or imitated the spirit of Pope's witty friend , Chesterfield , who , on purpose to ridicule assumptions of ancient and distinguished family descent , hung two old portraits on his wall , inscribed Adam de Stanhope ...
... honours of genius , or imitated the spirit of Pope's witty friend , Chesterfield , who , on purpose to ridicule assumptions of ancient and distinguished family descent , hung two old portraits on his wall , inscribed Adam de Stanhope ...
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... honours , the companion of nobles , and the first poet of his age ; and she experienced from him the most devoted attention and unbounded affection . " O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me ...
... honours , the companion of nobles , and the first poet of his age ; and she experienced from him the most devoted attention and unbounded affection . " O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me ...
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