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... Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight censure , and Pope in the character Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , fed with dedications ; for Tickell affirms ...
... Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight censure , and Pope in the character Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , fed with dedications ; for Tickell affirms ...
Page 402
... Pope , and was at once the friend of Addison and of Granville . He is accused of volup tuousness and irreligion ; and Pope , who says that if ever there was a good Christian , without knowing himself to be so , it was Dr. Garth ...
... Pope , and was at once the friend of Addison and of Granville . He is accused of volup tuousness and irreligion ; and Pope , who says that if ever there was a good Christian , without knowing himself to be so , it was Dr. Garth ...
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With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. The last line of Cato is Pope's , having been originally written And , oh ! ' twas this that ended Cato's life . Pope might have made more objections to the six concluding lines . In ...
With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. The last line of Cato is Pope's , having been originally written And , oh ! ' twas this that ended Cato's life . Pope might have made more objections to the six concluding lines . In ...
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