The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... sent to Lisbon to be placed in a mercantile establish- ment , and that while there he became a convert to the Roman Catholic Church . From these conflicting statements , it is impossible to tell whether the poet's family was of Ireland ...
... sent to Lisbon to be placed in a mercantile establish- ment , and that while there he became a convert to the Roman Catholic Church . From these conflicting statements , it is impossible to tell whether the poet's family was of Ireland ...
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... sent to Curll , signed " P. T. " ( which we assume to have been Pope's ) , it is also mentioned that his mother 66 was one of the seventeen children of William Turnor , Esq . , formerly of Burfit Hall , in the * * * Riding of Yorkshire ...
... sent to Curll , signed " P. T. " ( which we assume to have been Pope's ) , it is also mentioned that his mother 66 was one of the seventeen children of William Turnor , Esq . , formerly of Burfit Hall , in the * * * Riding of Yorkshire ...
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... sent him back to " new turn " them , saying , " These are not good rhymes , ' for that was my husband's word for verses . ” pupil , however , soon shot far ahead of his master . on Solitude was written , he says , when he was not twelve ...
... sent him back to " new turn " them , saying , " These are not good rhymes , ' for that was my husband's word for verses . ” pupil , however , soon shot far ahead of his master . on Solitude was written , he says , when he was not twelve ...
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... sent his friend some " love verses " for correction , and on receiving Cromwell's strictures he replies , " Your judgment of ' em , which you give in French , is ( I think ) very right . " The words in italics are in the original , not ...
... sent his friend some " love verses " for correction , and on receiving Cromwell's strictures he replies , " Your judgment of ' em , which you give in French , is ( I think ) very right . " The words in italics are in the original , not ...
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... sent farewells to his friends , and amongst these was a priest , Thomas Southcote , who , on receiving Pope's vale- dictory communication , went immediately to consult Dr. Radcliffe , the eccentric but able physician . Radcliffe's pre ...
... sent farewells to his friends , and amongst these was a priest , Thomas Southcote , who , on receiving Pope's vale- dictory communication , went immediately to consult Dr. Radcliffe , the eccentric but able physician . Radcliffe's pre ...
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