Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Pope , to insult the third Duke of Devonshire , renewed the attack : - ' When servile chaplains cry , that birth and ... Pope's Works , iv . 302. Warburton quotes Steele , who had held the post , as saying that ' the rule observed by all ...
... Pope , to insult the third Duke of Devonshire , renewed the attack : - ' When servile chaplains cry , that birth and ... Pope's Works , iv . 302. Warburton quotes Steele , who had held the post , as saying that ' the rule observed by all ...
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... Pope in the character of Bufo with acrimonious contempt * . Halifax's appointment to the regency took effect , from ... Pope had at first meant Bubb Dodington ; ' he added four lines which pointed directly to Hali- fax . ' Pope's Works ...
... Pope in the character of Bufo with acrimonious contempt * . Halifax's appointment to the regency took effect , from ... Pope had at first meant Bubb Dodington ; ' he added four lines which pointed directly to Hali- fax . ' Pope's Works ...
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... Pope's Works ( Elwin and Court- hope ) , iii . 189 ; post , POPE , 124 . Pope , at the end of his notes on the Iliad , speaks of ' those beautiful pieces of poetry , the publication of which Dr. Parnell left to my charge , almost with ...
... Pope's Works ( Elwin and Court- hope ) , iii . 189 ; post , POPE , 124 . Pope , at the end of his notes on the Iliad , speaks of ' those beautiful pieces of poetry , the publication of which Dr. Parnell left to my charge , almost with ...
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... Pope . Of the large appendages which I find in the last edition I can only say that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whither they are going . They stand upon the faith of the compilers 5 . by the following couplet in ...
... Pope . Of the large appendages which I find in the last edition I can only say that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whither they are going . They stand upon the faith of the compilers 5 . by the following couplet in ...
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... Pope's statement about Parnell's drinking is Ruffhead ( Life of Pope , p . 492 ) , who says that this account came to him through Warburton from Pope . ' Parnell , ' Ruff head writes , ' had talents for popular preaching , and began to ...
... Pope's statement about Parnell's drinking is Ruffhead ( Life of Pope , p . 492 ) , who says that this account came to him through Warburton from Pope . ' Parnell , ' Ruff head writes , ' had talents for popular preaching , and began to ...
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