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Page 47
... Pope there are lasting monuments . He published in 1707 a collection of poems . By Pope he was once placed in a station that might have been of great advantage . Craggs , when he was advanced to be secretary of state ( about 1720 ) ...
... Pope there are lasting monuments . He published in 1707 a collection of poems . By Pope he was once placed in a station that might have been of great advantage . Craggs , when he was advanced to be secretary of state ( about 1720 ) ...
Page 48
... Pope restored to Brook was then Broome . It was perhaps after this play that he undertook to revise the punctuation ... Pope's recom- mendation , to educate her son ; whom he first instructed at home , and then attended to Cambridge ...
... Pope restored to Brook was then Broome . It was perhaps after this play that he undertook to revise the punctuation ... Pope's recom- mendation , to educate her son ; whom he first instructed at home , and then attended to Cambridge ...
Page 49
... Pope , who had been always his friend , honoured him with an epitaph , of which he borrowed the two first lines from Crashaw . Fenton was tall and bulky , inclined to corpulence , which he did not lessen by much exercise ; for he was ...
... Pope , who had been always his friend , honoured him with an epitaph , of which he borrowed the two first lines from Crashaw . Fenton was tall and bulky , inclined to corpulence , which he did not lessen by much exercise ; for he was ...
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... Pope the next ode in the English language to Dryden's " Cecilia . " Fenton may be justly styled an excellent versifier and a good poet . Whatever I have said of Fenton is confirmed by Pope in a letter , by which he communicated to ...
... Pope the next ode in the English language to Dryden's " Cecilia . " Fenton may be justly styled an excellent versifier and a good poet . Whatever I have said of Fenton is confirmed by Pope in a letter , by which he communicated to ...
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... Pope , who was then rising fast into reputation . Pope was pleased with the honour ; and , when he became acquainted with Gay , found such attrac- tions in his manners and conversation , that he seems to have received him into his ...
... Pope , who was then rising fast into reputation . Pope was pleased with the honour ; and , when he became acquainted with Gay , found such attrac- tions in his manners and conversation , that he seems to have received him into his ...
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