The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... town records of Stratford - upon - Avon , from a certain John Shakspeare , a shoemaker , who long troubled and confused the antiquaries . Another sister of the poet's mother , named Christiana , was married to Samuel Cooper , the ...
... town records of Stratford - upon - Avon , from a certain John Shakspeare , a shoemaker , who long troubled and confused the antiquaries . Another sister of the poet's mother , named Christiana , was married to Samuel Cooper , the ...
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... town And Dr. Wilson , a former rector of Binfield , stated to Lysons , the topo- grapher , that Pope , the poet , did not go to Binfield till he was six years of age . The father may have previously resided in Kensington , but we have ...
... town And Dr. Wilson , a former rector of Binfield , stated to Lysons , the topo- grapher , that Pope , the poet , did not go to Binfield till he was six years of age . The father may have previously resided in Kensington , but we have ...
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... town of Oakingham or Wokingham . In this skirt of the great forest , situated in the tract called the Royal Chase , the elder Pope purchased twenty acres of land and a small house near the public road . Eco- nomy was necessary in the ...
... town of Oakingham or Wokingham . In this skirt of the great forest , situated in the tract called the Royal Chase , the elder Pope purchased twenty acres of land and a small house near the public road . Eco- nomy was necessary in the ...
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... town and introduce him to Will's coffee - house , the famous resort of wits , authors , actors , and play - goers , in Bow - street . Mr. Roscoe conjectured that the friend alluded to was Sir Charles Wogan , who , in a letter to Swift ...
... town and introduce him to Will's coffee - house , the famous resort of wits , authors , actors , and play - goers , in Bow - street . Mr. Roscoe conjectured that the friend alluded to was Sir Charles Wogan , who , in a letter to Swift ...
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... town , he says , he " ran after him like a dog , " and in his letters , he overflowed with elaborate expres- sions of humility and gratitude . His first glimpses of town 66 66 life and coffee - house society were opened.
... town , he says , he " ran after him like a dog , " and in his letters , he overflowed with elaborate expres- sions of humility and gratitude . His first glimpses of town 66 66 life and coffee - house society were opened.
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