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" The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and... "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 203
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 23

English essays - 1754 - 714 pages
...into Wiles, 'Scotland and Ireland, where it was pei formed 14 days together. It was laftly afltd iu Minorca. The fame of it was not confined to the author only ; the ladies carried about with them the ia\ourite longs of it in tans ; and houfcs were furniihcd with it in fcrcens. The girl who afled Polly,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: The Dunciad

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 354 pages
...fifty, &c, It made its progrefs into Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, where it was performed twenty four days together : It was laft afted in Minorca. The...were furnifhed with it in fcreens. The perfon who afled Polly, till then obfcure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her piftures were engraved,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: The Dunciad

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 370 pages
...fifty, &c . It made its progrefs into Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, where it was performed twenty four days together : It was laft afted in Minorca. The...were furnifhed with it in fcreens. The perfon who aded Polly, till then obfcure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were ingraved,...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time ..., Volume 4

Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 406 pages
...Wales, Scotland and Ireland, where it was perfonneJ twenty-four days together. It was laftly acted in Minorca. The fame of it was not confined to the...and houfes were furnifhed with it in fcreens. The girl who acted Polly, 'till then obfcure, became all at once the favourite of the town, her pictures...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...fifty, &c. It made its progrefs into Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, where it was performed twenty four days together: It was laft afted in Minorca. The fame...and houfes were furnifhed with it in fcreens. The pcrfon who aflcd Polly, till then obfcure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: The Dunciad, in four books

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 264 pages
...Ireland, wliere it was performed twenty-four days together: It was laft acted in Minorca. The fameof it was not confined to the author only ; the ladies...were furnifhed with it in fcreens. The perfon who acted Polly, till then obfcure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved,...
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The Dunciad, in four books

Alexander Pope - 1757 - 368 pages
...into Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, where it was performed twenty four days together : It was laftacted in Minorca. The fame of it was not confined to the...the favourite fongs of it in fans ; and houfes were furnithed with it in fcreens. The perfonwho 'acted Polly, till then obfcure, became all at once the...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 17

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Bibliography - 1757 - 636 pages
...was performed twenty-four days fucceflively. The ladies carried about with them the favourite fangs of it in fans, and houfes were furnifhed with it in fcreens. The fame of it was r.Qt con-* fined to the Author only. The pcrfon who acted Polly, till then obfcure,...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 5

Biography - 1761 - 536 pages
...carried about with them the favourite fongs of it in fans, and houfes were furnifhed with it in fcreens. The fame of it was not confined to the author only : the perfon who acted Polly, till then obfcure, being all at once the favourite of the town; her pictures...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1764 - 350 pages
...into Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, where it was performed twenty-four days together: It was lad afled in Minorca. The fame of it was not confined to the author only ; -the Ijdies carried about with them the favourite fongs of it in fans'; and n^tifes were fnrnifted with...
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