The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... Addison , seems inclined to adopt the same conclusion . Ayre , however , was a veritable existing person . He had previously appeared as a commen- tator on Pope ( " Truth , a Counterpart to Mr. Pope's Essay on Man , by Mr. Ayre , " 1739 ...
... Addison , seems inclined to adopt the same conclusion . Ayre , however , was a veritable existing person . He had previously appeared as a commen- tator on Pope ( " Truth , a Counterpart to Mr. Pope's Essay on Man , by Mr. Ayre , " 1739 ...
Page ix
... Addison has been mis- represented . Criticism on the poet's works has been exhausted : his position as an English classic has long been fixed . But his biography has been neglected ; and though the present work can be considered only as ...
... Addison has been mis- represented . Criticism on the poet's works has been exhausted : his position as an English classic has long been fixed . But his biography has been neglected ; and though the present work can be considered only as ...
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... Addison . CHAPTER IV . - 1716-1718 . emoval from Binfield to Chiswick . Quarrels with Curll and Cibber . Death of Pope's Father , and Correspondence with Atterbury . Change of Residence to Twickenham CHAPTER V. - 1719-1722 ...
... Addison . CHAPTER IV . - 1716-1718 . emoval from Binfield to Chiswick . Quarrels with Curll and Cibber . Death of Pope's Father , and Correspondence with Atterbury . Change of Residence to Twickenham CHAPTER V. - 1719-1722 ...
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... ADDISON 13. BUSHY PARK 64 91 132 14. PORTRAIT OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 134 15. POPE AND MARY LEPELL to face 135 16. FAC - SIMILE OF POPE'S HANDWRITING 161 17. PORTRAIT OF ATTERBURY 162 18. POPE'S VILLA 19. POPE'S SKETCH OF HIS ...
... ADDISON 13. BUSHY PARK 64 91 132 14. PORTRAIT OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 134 15. POPE AND MARY LEPELL to face 135 16. FAC - SIMILE OF POPE'S HANDWRITING 161 17. PORTRAIT OF ATTERBURY 162 18. POPE'S VILLA 19. POPE'S SKETCH OF HIS ...
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... Addison , in his account of the greatest English poets , written in 1694 , wholly omits Shakspeare , and passes from Spenser to Cowley . It was the fashion of the critics of that day- in some measure sanctioned by the example of Dryden ...
... Addison , in his account of the greatest English poets , written in 1694 , wholly omits Shakspeare , and passes from Spenser to Cowley . It was the fashion of the critics of that day- in some measure sanctioned by the example of Dryden ...
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