An Historical Rhapsody on Mr. PopeT. Cadell, 1782 - 95 pages |
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Page 18
... affifted him , " To form his quincunx , and to rank his " vines , " 66 these are not the most pleafing ingredients in this little perspective ! " Whilft the pen is performing this office , I recollect that I was formerly told by a re ...
... affifted him , " To form his quincunx , and to rank his " vines , " 66 these are not the most pleafing ingredients in this little perspective ! " Whilft the pen is performing this office , I recollect that I was formerly told by a re ...
Page 42
... affifted in a fatire against him ( Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth ob- fcure , is one of the bitter lines ) ; and the calls him , what she had done a thousand times be- fore , the wicked wafp of Twickenham , in her entertaining ...
... affifted in a fatire against him ( Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth ob- fcure , is one of the bitter lines ) ; and the calls him , what she had done a thousand times be- fore , the wicked wafp of Twickenham , in her entertaining ...
Page 51
... poets . " Pope was affifted by the living and the dead . He ftood upon the fhoulders of his predeceffors , and he had literary pioneers 66 to fmooth the way for him . After all E 2 to [ 51 ] tranflate, on an average, fo ...
... poets . " Pope was affifted by the living and the dead . He ftood upon the fhoulders of his predeceffors , and he had literary pioneers 66 to fmooth the way for him . After all E 2 to [ 51 ] tranflate, on an average, fo ...
Page 73
... affifted him with a fleet and army for Ireland , The best with I can bestow is , that I may not fee your face again . " Two lines from the Vanity of Hu- man Wishes strike fo forcibly upon my mind , that I must appropriate them , as ...
... affifted him with a fleet and army for Ireland , The best with I can bestow is , that I may not fee your face again . " Two lines from the Vanity of Hu- man Wishes strike fo forcibly upon my mind , that I must appropriate them , as ...
Page 96
... affifted Ruffhead with fome biographical ma- terials , and revifed the life , as written by his locum - tenens , fheet by fheet . Every great man , and fome to fwell their own im- portance , fought the acquaintance and frien d- ship of ...
... affifted Ruffhead with fome biographical ma- terials , and revifed the life , as written by his locum - tenens , fheet by fheet . Every great man , and fome to fwell their own im- portance , fought the acquaintance and frien d- ship of ...
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