The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... known or unknown to the world , were to happen in years of commotion and trouble . His birth was in the year of that revolution which drove the Stuarts into unregretted exile ; his publication of Homer commenced in the year of the ...
... known or unknown to the world , were to happen in years of commotion and trouble . His birth was in the year of that revolution which drove the Stuarts into unregretted exile ; his publication of Homer commenced in the year of the ...
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... known him : every year carries away something dear with it , till we outlive all tendernesses , and become wretched individuals again as we begun . Adieu ! This is my birthday , and this is my reflection upon it : " With added days if ...
... known him : every year carries away something dear with it , till we outlive all tendernesses , and become wretched individuals again as we begun . Adieu ! This is my birthday , and this is my reflection upon it : " With added days if ...
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... known William Allen , and he succeeded a Mr. Bevan . The present owners say that Mr. Bevan used to relate that in his childhood the house was often visited by persons who came there out of curiosity to see the birthplace of the great ...
... known William Allen , and he succeeded a Mr. Bevan . The present owners say that Mr. Bevan used to relate that in his childhood the house was often visited by persons who came there out of curiosity to see the birthplace of the great ...
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... known anything of it . " The Earl of Guilford ( who in- herited the English estates of the Earls of Downe ) had ex- amined the pedigrees and descents of that family , and was sure that there were none of the name of Pope left who could ...
... known anything of it . " The Earl of Guilford ( who in- herited the English estates of the Earls of Downe ) had ex- amined the pedigrees and descents of that family , and was sure that there were none of the name of Pope left who could ...
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... known little of the family history of the poet . Besides Binfield , the elder Pope possessed pro- perty at Windsham , or Windlesham , in the county of Surrey , and a yearly rent - charge upon the manor of Ruston , in York- shire . He ...
... known little of the family history of the poet . Besides Binfield , the elder Pope possessed pro- perty at Windsham , or Windlesham , in the county of Surrey , and a yearly rent - charge upon the manor of Ruston , in York- shire . He ...
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