Mr. Pope, His Life and Times, Volume 2Hutchinson & Company, 1909 - 6 pages |
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Page 372
... Writing to Swift on June 28 , Pope says that he is holding the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke , who is reading the dean's letter between two haycocks , though his attention is sometimes diverted by his casting his eyes on the clouds , not ...
... Writing to Swift on June 28 , Pope says that he is holding the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke , who is reading the dean's letter between two haycocks , though his attention is sometimes diverted by his casting his eyes on the clouds , not ...
Page 375
... written , at Pope's request , a long letter to Patty , which contains a good deal of chaff and many allusions to intimate jokes , with a covert hint that the lady might mend her ways and assert her independence . " I am told , " he says ...
... written , at Pope's request , a long letter to Patty , which contains a good deal of chaff and many allusions to intimate jokes , with a covert hint that the lady might mend her ways and assert her independence . " I am told , " he says ...
Page 380
... of ! Why did I not take your advice before writing my Fables ' for the duke , not to write them ? Or , rather , to write them for some young nobleman ? It is very hard fate that I must get nothing , write for or against them . 380 Mr. Pope.
... of ! Why did I not take your advice before writing my Fables ' for the duke , not to write them ? Or , rather , to write them for some young nobleman ? It is very hard fate that I must get nothing , write for or against them . 380 Mr. Pope.
Page 381
... writing in the cause of virtue and against the fashionable vices , " he tells Swift ( on March 19 ) , " I am looked upon at present as the most obnoxious person almost in England . Mr. Pulteney tells me I have got the start of him . Mr ...
... writing in the cause of virtue and against the fashionable vices , " he tells Swift ( on March 19 ) , " I am looked upon at present as the most obnoxious person almost in England . Mr. Pulteney tells me I have got the start of him . Mr ...
Page 382
... written to Lord Oxford : " You are now at full liberty to publish all my faults and enormities . The king and queen had the book yesterday by the hands of Sir R. W [ alpole ] , so that your lordships may now let me fly . " 1 For a time ...
... written to Lord Oxford : " You are now at full liberty to publish all my faults and enormities . The king and queen had the book yesterday by the hands of Sir R. W [ alpole ] , so that your lordships may now let me fly . " 1 For a time ...
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