The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius |
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... laft negligent maflers , what he had acquired under the former . He was himself fo fenfible of the infufficiency of his mafter at Twiford , that , among his earliest pieces , he wrote a very juft fatire , ex- pofing the failings and ...
... laft negligent maflers , what he had acquired under the former . He was himself fo fenfible of the infufficiency of his mafter at Twiford , that , among his earliest pieces , he wrote a very juft fatire , ex- pofing the failings and ...
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... laft line furely presents a new image , and a bold one too * . The following couplet likewife from the fourth paftoral , describing the effects occafioned by the Perhaps it will be thought that Mr. POPE had Milton's Mafque in ...
... laft line furely presents a new image , and a bold one too * . The following couplet likewife from the fourth paftoral , describing the effects occafioned by the Perhaps it will be thought that Mr. POPE had Milton's Mafque in ...
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... laft eclogue being on the fame fubject with that of mine on Mrs. Tem- peft's death , I fhould take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the fame lady , if they were not written for fome ...
... laft eclogue being on the fame fubject with that of mine on Mrs. Tem- peft's death , I fhould take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the fame lady , if they were not written for fome ...
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... laft vifit which Mr. POPE made to him , the breach was openly intimated . " He told me , ( fays Mr. POPE in a letter to Crom- well ) he was going instantly out of town , and till his return was my humble fervant . " Here- upon upon Mr ...
... laft vifit which Mr. POPE made to him , the breach was openly intimated . " He told me , ( fays Mr. POPE in a letter to Crom- well ) he was going instantly out of town , and till his return was my humble fervant . " Here- upon upon Mr ...
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... laft , and that he went to see him on his death - bed * . But , how- ever * Mr. POPE , in a letter to Mr. Blount , dated 21st January , 1715 , relates a pleafant anecdote , which ferves to characte- rize Mr. Wycherley . He had often ...
... laft , and that he went to see him on his death - bed * . But , how- ever * Mr. POPE , in a letter to Mr. Blount , dated 21st January , 1715 , relates a pleafant anecdote , which ferves to characte- rize Mr. Wycherley . He had often ...
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