Satires and EpistlesTyp. Clarendon, 1896 - 164 pages |
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... George II . the finer and more delicate graces did not flourish , or were dying out . The passions of political party occupied all minds . At no period since the great Civil War had the spirit of faction so possessed the English nation ...
... George II . the finer and more delicate graces did not flourish , or were dying out . The passions of political party occupied all minds . At no period since the great Civil War had the spirit of faction so possessed the English nation ...
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... George II . and Caroline under his pen . Pope's Satires and Epistles certainly do not equal Lord Hervey's Memoirs in truth , or fulness and development of detail . But they stand next to those Memoirs as a lively picture of a section of ...
... George II . and Caroline under his pen . Pope's Satires and Epistles certainly do not equal Lord Hervey's Memoirs in truth , or fulness and development of detail . But they stand next to those Memoirs as a lively picture of a section of ...
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... George II . For this purpose , Lord Stanhope's History of England offers a convenient and elegant abridgment . Mr. Carruthers ' Life of Pope , 2nd edition , 1858 , will be found to embody in an interesting narrative most of the ...
... George II . For this purpose , Lord Stanhope's History of England offers a convenient and elegant abridgment . Mr. Carruthers ' Life of Pope , 2nd edition , 1858 , will be found to embody in an interesting narrative most of the ...
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... George ! a birth - day song . I ne'er with wits or witlings pass'd my days , To spread about the itch of verse and praise ; Nor like a puppy , daggled thro ' the town , To fetch and carry sing - song up and down ; Nor at rehearsals ...
... George ! a birth - day song . I ne'er with wits or witlings pass'd my days , To spread about the itch of verse and praise ; Nor like a puppy , daggled thro ' the town , To fetch and carry sing - song up and down ; Nor at rehearsals ...
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... George and Brunswick crowd the verse , Rend with tremendous sound your ears asunder , With gun , drum , trumpet , blunderbuss , and thunder ? Or nobly wild , with Budgel's fire and force , Paint angels trembling round his falling horse ...
... George and Brunswick crowd the verse , Rend with tremendous sound your ears asunder , With gun , drum , trumpet , blunderbuss , and thunder ? Or nobly wild , with Budgel's fire and force , Paint angels trembling round his falling horse ...
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