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... by the sudden blast of Popish prosperity , quitted his trade , and retired to Binfield , in Windsor Forest , with about twenty thousand pounds , for } which , being conscientiously determined not to entrust it to POPE . 63.
... by the sudden blast of Popish prosperity , quitted his trade , and retired to Binfield , in Windsor Forest , with about twenty thousand pounds , for } which , being conscientiously determined not to entrust it to POPE . 63.
Page 64
... Binfield Pope was called by his father when he was about twelve years old , and there he had for a few months the assistance of one Deane , another priest , of whom he learned only to construe a little of " Tully's Offices . " How Mr ...
... Binfield Pope was called by his father when he was about twelve years old , and there he had for a few months the assistance of one Deane , another priest , of whom he learned only to construe a little of " Tully's Offices . " How Mr ...
Page 66
... Binfield , and delighted himself with his own poetry . He tried all styles , and many subjects . He wrote a comedy , a tragedy , an epic poem , with panegyrics on all the princes of Europe ; and , as he confesses , " thought himself the ...
... Binfield , and delighted himself with his own poetry . He tried all styles , and many subjects . He wrote a comedy , a tragedy , an epic poem , with panegyrics on all the princes of Europe ; and , as he confesses , " thought himself the ...
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... Binfield , he purchased , I think only for his life , that house at Twickenham to which his residence afterwards procured so much celebration , and removed thither with his father and mother . Here he planted the vines and the quin ...
... Binfield , he purchased , I think only for his life , that house at Twickenham to which his residence afterwards procured so much celebration , and removed thither with his father and mother . Here he planted the vines and the quin ...
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