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To this character , which is apparently given with the fondness of a friend , may be added the testimony of Pope ; who says , in a letter to Blount , ' Mr. Rowe accompanied me , and passed a week in the Forest .
To this character , which is apparently given with the fondness of a friend , may be added the testimony of Pope ; who says , in a letter to Blount , ' Mr. Rowe accompanied me , and passed a week in the Forest .
Page 412
When Pope brought him the prologue , which is properly accommodated to the play , there were these words , Britons , arise , be worth like this approved ; meaning nothing more than , Britons , erect and exalt yourselves to the ...
When Pope brought him the prologue , which is properly accommodated to the play , there were these words , Britons , arise , be worth like this approved ; meaning nothing more than , Britons , erect and exalt yourselves to the ...
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There is no reason to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the prevalence of Pope's poetical reputation ; nor is it ... Pope was not the only man whom he insidiously injured , though the only man of whom he could be afraid .
There is no reason to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the prevalence of Pope's poetical reputation ; nor is it ... Pope was not the only man whom he insidiously injured , though the only man of whom he could be afraid .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2011 |
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