The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... character and reporting con- versation . With the same opportunities as Spence , Bos- well would have cleared up all the doubtful and mysterious points in Pope's life and poetry , besides giving us a copious sprinkling of the table ...
... character and reporting con- versation . With the same opportunities as Spence , Bos- well would have cleared up all the doubtful and mysterious points in Pope's life and poetry , besides giving us a copious sprinkling of the table ...
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... character of Pope that have not been made the subject of eager discussion ; and we find the diversity of statement take its rise at the fountain - head . The date of his birth and the pedigree of his parents have been controverted . The ...
... character of Pope that have not been made the subject of eager discussion ; and we find the diversity of statement take its rise at the fountain - head . The date of his birth and the pedigree of his parents have been controverted . The ...
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... character . He soon ceased to be a descriptive poet , and , with a weakness observable on other subjects , he depreciated what he did not adopt or prefer . Description was with him synonymous with imbecility ; but the censure can only ...
... character . He soon ceased to be a descriptive poet , and , with a weakness observable on other subjects , he depreciated what he did not adopt or prefer . Description was with him synonymous with imbecility ; but the censure can only ...
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... character , how- ever the poetry might suffer , better than his juvenile asso- ciates . Mr. Deane was a careless , remiss teacher , and what with studying plays and making verses , and attending the theatre in company with the older ...
... character , how- ever the poetry might suffer , better than his juvenile asso- ciates . Mr. Deane was a careless , remiss teacher , and what with studying plays and making verses , and attending the theatre in company with the older ...
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... . At least , our friend ended much in the character he had lived in : and Horace's rule for a play may as well be applied to him as a play - wright , le 8 e f WALSH . " Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit 32 LIFE OF POPE .
... . At least , our friend ended much in the character he had lived in : and Horace's rule for a play may as well be applied to him as a play - wright , le 8 e f WALSH . " Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit 32 LIFE OF POPE .
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