Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 262
... Pope's recommendation , to educate her son ; whom he first instructed at home , and then attended to Cambridge . The lady afterwards detained him with her as the auditor of her accounts . He often wandered to London , and amused himself ...
... Pope's recommendation , to educate her son ; whom he first instructed at home , and then attended to Cambridge . The lady afterwards detained him with her as the auditor of her accounts . He often wandered to London , and amused himself ...
Page 271
... Pope relates , Mr. Cromwell , who could not hear what was said , was at a loss how to reconcile the laughter of the audience with the solemnity of the scene " . Of this performance the value certainly is but little ; but it 9 was one of ...
... Pope relates , Mr. Cromwell , who could not hear what was said , was at a loss how to reconcile the laughter of the audience with the solemnity of the scene " . Of this performance the value certainly is but little ; but it 9 was one of ...
Page 309
... Pope always in his Art of Sinking quotes this book as the work of Addison * . To compare the two translations would be tedious : the palm 12 is now given universally to Pope 5 ; but I think the first lines of Tickell's were rather to be ...
... Pope always in his Art of Sinking quotes this book as the work of Addison * . To compare the two translations would be tedious : the palm 12 is now given universally to Pope 5 ; but I think the first lines of Tickell's were rather to be ...
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