The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... poet's life , the chief authority is Spence's Anecdotes . Johnson had the use of this work in manuscript when writing his life of Pope , and Malone made extracts from it for his life of Dryden . A complete edition , however , was not ...
... poet's life , the chief authority is Spence's Anecdotes . Johnson had the use of this work in manuscript when writing his life of Pope , and Malone made extracts from it for his life of Dryden . A complete edition , however , was not ...
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... poet's noble friends , Bolingbroke , Bur- lington , Marchmont , and Bathurst , and professed to have received large and valuable assistance . He took the precau- tion of securing the copyright of his work by letters patent under the ...
... poet's noble friends , Bolingbroke , Bur- lington , Marchmont , and Bathurst , and professed to have received large and valuable assistance . He took the precau- tion of securing the copyright of his work by letters patent under the ...
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... 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 a contribution towards the history of Pope and his ...
... 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 a contribution towards the history of Pope and his ...
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... poet . Dryden inherited the faults and vices of his age , and he wanted the higher sensibilities , the purity of taste , and lofty moral feeling that dignify the poet's art . But even when sinning with his con- temporaries he soared far ...
... poet . Dryden inherited the faults and vices of his age , and he wanted the higher sensibilities , the purity of taste , and lofty moral feeling that dignify the poet's art . But even when sinning with his con- temporaries he soared far ...
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... poet , when ap- proaching the close of his chequered life , bequeathed to Con- greve the care of his posthumous fame ... poet's horoscope proved , they said , that all the great events of his life , known or unknown to the world , were ...
... poet , when ap- proaching the close of his chequered life , bequeathed to Con- greve the care of his posthumous fame ... poet's horoscope proved , they said , that all the great events of his life , known or unknown to the world , were ...
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