The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... gives the same date and place ; while Dr. Johnson -probably from mere inattention - mentions the 22nd of May , and Warton ... give nothing new , But like a sieve , let every pleasure through ; Some joy still lost , as each vain year runs B 2.
... gives the same date and place ; while Dr. Johnson -probably from mere inattention - mentions the 22nd of May , and Warton ... give nothing new , But like a sieve , let every pleasure through ; Some joy still lost , as each vain year runs B 2.
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... give me less solicitude for myself ( as I am going to want nothing ere it be long ) , than for others who are to live after me in a world which is none of the best . I am , sincerely , your well - wisher and affectionate servant - A ...
... give me less solicitude for myself ( as I am going to want nothing ere it be long ) , than for others who are to live after me in a world which is none of the best . I am , sincerely , your well - wisher and affectionate servant - A ...
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... give him all my books , pictures , and medals set in gold or otherwise . " The nephew , even in infancy , must have ex- hibited a fondness for books and pictures , and his personal deformity combined with this may have suggested that he ...
... give him all my books , pictures , and medals set in gold or otherwise . " The nephew , even in infancy , must have ex- hibited a fondness for books and pictures , and his personal deformity combined with this may have suggested that he ...
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... gives an account , as from per- sonal knowledge , of Pope having , before his twelfth year , attended a school in Devonshire - street , near Bloomsbury , taught by another convert to Popery , William Bromley . The incident of the satire ...
... gives an account , as from per- sonal knowledge , of Pope having , before his twelfth year , attended a school in Devonshire - street , near Bloomsbury , taught by another convert to Popery , William Bromley . The incident of the satire ...
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... give in French , is ( I think ) very right . " The words in italics are in the original , not in the printed copies . Yet we find Pope using the following forms of superscription : " A Mademoiselles Therese and Marth . Blount . " ' Au ...
... give in French , is ( I think ) very right . " The words in italics are in the original , not in the printed copies . Yet we find Pope using the following forms of superscription : " A Mademoiselles Therese and Marth . Blount . " ' Au ...
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