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According to Warburton , he took it to England ' some years after ' it was written - in 1726 or 1727 ; but Bolingbroke dissuaded him from publishing it . ' Swift told a common friend that since L. B. did not approve his History ...
According to Warburton , he took it to England ' some years after ' it was written - in 1726 or 1727 ; but Bolingbroke dissuaded him from publishing it . ' Swift told a common friend that since L. B. did not approve his History ...
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A natural curiosity , after the real conduct of so great an undertaking , incited me once to enquire of Dr. Warburton , who told me , in his warm language , that he thought the relation given in ...
A natural curiosity , after the real conduct of so great an undertaking , incited me once to enquire of Dr. Warburton , who told me , in his warm language , that he thought the relation given in ...
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The intelligence which Dr. Warburton could not afford me , I obtained from Mr. Langton , to whom Mr. Spence had imparted it1 . The price at which Pope purchased this assistance was three hundred pounds paid to Fenton , and five hundred ...
The intelligence which Dr. Warburton could not afford me , I obtained from Mr. Langton , to whom Mr. Spence had imparted it1 . The price at which Pope purchased this assistance was three hundred pounds paid to Fenton , and five hundred ...
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55 , Warburton's Pope's Works , ed . 1757 , iv . 205 , and Spence's Anec . pp . 192 , 206 , 259 , 276 , 283 , who do not always agree . Warburton ( Preface , p . 7 ) said that he intended to write Pope's Life .
55 , Warburton's Pope's Works , ed . 1757 , iv . 205 , and Spence's Anec . pp . 192 , 206 , 259 , 276 , 283 , who do not always agree . Warburton ( Preface , p . 7 ) said that he intended to write Pope's Life .
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Birch and Warburton are the authorities for Taverner . For a most improbable tradition that Pope was once at Abingdon School see Macleane's Pembroke College , p . 200 . 3 ' He spoke of the pleasure Ogilby's Homer then gave him with a ...
Birch and Warburton are the authorities for Taverner . For a most improbable tradition that Pope was once at Abingdon School see Macleane's Pembroke College , p . 200 . 3 ' He spoke of the pleasure Ogilby's Homer then gave him with a ...
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