Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 195
... wrote to Pope : - ' I had not strength enough to attend Mr. Prior to his grave ; else I would have done it , to have shown his friends that I had forgot and forgiven what he wrote on me . He is buried , as he desired , at the feet of ...
... wrote to Pope : - ' I had not strength enough to attend Mr. Prior to his grave ; else I would have done it , to have shown his friends that I had forgot and forgiven what he wrote on me . He is buried , as he desired , at the feet of ...
Page 273
... wrote on June 7 , 1717 : ' As to Gay , he is just upon the wing for Aix - la - Chapelle , with Mr. Pulteney , the late Secretary . ' Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , vi . 244 . In his Epistle to Pulteney Gay describes the society ...
... wrote on June 7 , 1717 : ' As to Gay , he is just upon the wing for Aix - la - Chapelle , with Mr. Pulteney , the late Secretary . ' Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , vi . 244 . In his Epistle to Pulteney Gay describes the society ...
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... wrote of him to Dr. Sheridan : I think you need not quit his and Balaguer's company , because they are above suspicions as whiggissimi and unsuspectissimi . Works , xvi . 478. Swift warmly ac- knowledged his kindness . ' I have title to ...
... wrote of him to Dr. Sheridan : I think you need not quit his and Balaguer's company , because they are above suspicions as whiggissimi and unsuspectissimi . Works , xvi . 478. Swift warmly ac- knowledged his kindness . ' I have title to ...
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