Pope's Rape of the LockBlackie & Son, 1899 - 47 pages |
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Page xliii
... lady's request " . He adds further that " the author sent it to the lady , with whom he was acquainted " . As a matter of fact Pope probably did not in 1711 personally know Miss Fermor ; and if so , the student , according to his degree ...
... lady's request " . He adds further that " the author sent it to the lady , with whom he was acquainted " . As a matter of fact Pope probably did not in 1711 personally know Miss Fermor ; and if so , the student , according to his degree ...
Page 30
... Ladies worked them for their lovers . Thus a line found in the 1712 and 1714 editions of the present poem , but afterwards omitted , runs : " There lay the sword - knot Sylvia's hands had sewn ” . 1. 102. coaches coaches drive . It has ...
... Ladies worked them for their lovers . Thus a line found in the 1712 and 1714 editions of the present poem , but afterwards omitted , runs : " There lay the sword - knot Sylvia's hands had sewn ” . 1. 102. coaches coaches drive . It has ...
Page 42
... ladies sat in the front - box , answering to the dress - circle of to - day ; the gentlemen in the side - boxes , so that they could more easily survey the ladies . Compare Gay , The Toilette . Lydia , a spinster of thirty - four ...
... ladies sat in the front - box , answering to the dress - circle of to - day ; the gentlemen in the side - boxes , so that they could more easily survey the ladies . Compare Gay , The Toilette . Lydia , a spinster of thirty - four ...
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