The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... occasion to notice in connexion with the publication of Pope's Letters in 1735. There is little doubt that it emanated from the poet himself , and was intended partly to mislead the credulous and inquisitive pub- lisher , and partly to ...
... occasion to notice in connexion with the publication of Pope's Letters in 1735. There is little doubt that it emanated from the poet himself , and was intended partly to mislead the credulous and inquisitive pub- lisher , and partly to ...
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... occasions . Some Scottish antiquaries have attempted to trace the poet to these northern Popes ; but the extracts furnished us by Joseph Robertson , Esq . , of the Register House , Edinburgh - a zealous and obliging archæologist - do ...
... occasions . Some Scottish antiquaries have attempted to trace the poet to these northern Popes ; but the extracts furnished us by Joseph Robertson , Esq . , of the Register House , Edinburgh - a zealous and obliging archæologist - do ...
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... occasion- ally in the poet's correspondence , and he is one of the friends whom Gay introduces into his " Welcome from Greece , " congratulating Pope on the completion of his Homer . There was a certain Colonel Tidcombe , a bon vivant ...
... occasion- ally in the poet's correspondence , and he is one of the friends whom Gay introduces into his " Welcome from Greece , " congratulating Pope on the completion of his Homer . There was a certain Colonel Tidcombe , a bon vivant ...
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... Pomona , never took upon him that of a slovenly beau . Well , sir , I leave you to your meditations , on this occasion , and to languish unactive ( as you call it ) . " FAME AND THE GREAT MEN OF ANTIQUITY . The following 40 LIFE OF POPE .
... Pomona , never took upon him that of a slovenly beau . Well , sir , I leave you to your meditations , on this occasion , and to languish unactive ( as you call it ) . " FAME AND THE GREAT MEN OF ANTIQUITY . The following 40 LIFE OF POPE .
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... occasion . Long after this time , in 1726 , Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas , a frail poetess and the Sappho of Cromwell , falling into distressed circumstances , sold to Edmund Curll , the publisher , the original letters of Pope to Cromwell ...
... occasion . Long after this time , in 1726 , Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas , a frail poetess and the Sappho of Cromwell , falling into distressed circumstances , sold to Edmund Curll , the publisher , the original letters of Pope to Cromwell ...
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