The Sacred Weapon: An Introduction to Pope's Satire |
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... Edmund Curll who has already been referred to . Curll , perhaps more than anyone else , embodies all those qualities of the contemporary literary world which Pope came most to dislike , and it is largely through Curll's activities that ...
... Edmund Curll who has already been referred to . Curll , perhaps more than anyone else , embodies all those qualities of the contemporary literary world which Pope came most to dislike , and it is largely through Curll's activities that ...
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... Edmund Curll's entrepreneurial confidence and capacity for self - advertisement could do very well , especially if he wasn't afraid of dishonesty and deceit . " Curll had an eventful life : imprisoned three times for his unprincipled ...
... Edmund Curll's entrepreneurial confidence and capacity for self - advertisement could do very well , especially if he wasn't afraid of dishonesty and deceit . " Curll had an eventful life : imprisoned three times for his unprincipled ...
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... Edmund Curll , in which an exceptionally lurid ( and doubtless greatly exag- gerated ) account of the event was given , rather in the style of The Narrative of Dr Robert Norris . Curll did not have to do very much thinking to identify ...
... Edmund Curll , in which an exceptionally lurid ( and doubtless greatly exag- gerated ) account of the event was given , rather in the style of The Narrative of Dr Robert Norris . Curll did not have to do very much thinking to identify ...
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Portrait of a Patron: The Patronage and Collecting of James Brydges, 1st ... Susan Jenkins No preview available - 2007 |