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... Pope at his table , where he talked with so much grossness that Mrs Pope was driven from the room . Pope discovered , by a trick , that he was a spy for the Court , and never considered him as a man worthy of confidence . He soon ...
... Pope at his table , where he talked with so much grossness that Mrs Pope was driven from the room . Pope discovered , by a trick , that he was a spy for the Court , and never considered him as a man worthy of confidence . He soon ...
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... Pope his real opinions . He once discovered them to Mr Hooke , who related them again to Pope , and was told by him that he must have mistaken the meaning of what he heard ; and Bolingbroke , when Pope's uneasiness incited him to desire ...
... Pope his real opinions . He once discovered them to Mr Hooke , who related them again to Pope , and was told by him that he must have mistaken the meaning of what he heard ; and Bolingbroke , when Pope's uneasiness incited him to desire ...
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... Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick ... Pope in his local manners . The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute ...
... Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick ... Pope in his local manners . The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute ...
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Milton | 15 |
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