The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... Swift's Journal and Correspondence . The Dean visited her on the morning of the fatal occurrence , and remained with her two hours . " I never saw so melancholy a scene , " he says . Two months afterwards , he was again on a visit to ...
... Swift's Journal and Correspondence . The Dean visited her on the morning of the fatal occurrence , and remained with her two hours . " I never saw so melancholy a scene , " he says . Two months afterwards , he was again on a visit to ...
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... Swift appears in his corre- spondence , and one addressed to her by Pope is also published . We subjoin both . Pope's letter was written in that gay and splendid period of his life when the success of his Homer had secured a competency ...
... Swift appears in his corre- spondence , and one addressed to her by Pope is also published . We subjoin both . Pope's letter was written in that gay and splendid period of his life when the success of his Homer had secured a competency ...
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... Swift , who considered her the wisest woman he ever knew . Lady Mary Wortley Montagu gives a ludicrous description of her appearance at the coronation of George II . in 1727 , mentioning her great size , the inimitable roll of her eyes ...
... Swift , who considered her the wisest woman he ever knew . Lady Mary Wortley Montagu gives a ludicrous description of her appearance at the coronation of George II . in 1727 , mentioning her great size , the inimitable roll of her eyes ...
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... Swift in 1739 ; and four years afterwards he writes to Lord Marchmont , that there were many hours he would be glad to talk to , or rather to hear , the Duchess of Marl- borough . " I would listen to her with the same veneration and ...
... Swift in 1739 ; and four years afterwards he writes to Lord Marchmont , that there were many hours he would be glad to talk to , or rather to hear , the Duchess of Marl- borough . " I would listen to her with the same veneration and ...
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... Swift and Walpole , on receiving from the Queen a picture in enamel , set with diamonds , took off the diamonds , and gave the picture to a Mrs. Higgins , to be sold . The Earl of Oxford ( Harley ) purchased it for £. 38 [ EF . II ...
... Swift and Walpole , on receiving from the Queen a picture in enamel , set with diamonds , took off the diamonds , and gave the picture to a Mrs. Higgins , to be sold . The Earl of Oxford ( Harley ) purchased it for £. 38 [ EF . II ...
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Page 76 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
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