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... called " The Distressed Wife , " and " The Rehearsal at Gotham , " a piece of humour . The character given him by Pope is this : that " he was a natural man , without design , who spoke what he thought , and just as he thought it ...
... called " The Distressed Wife , " and " The Rehearsal at Gotham , " a piece of humour . The character given him by Pope is this : that " he was a natural man , without design , who spoke what he thought , and just as he thought it ...
Page 193
... called him Poet . When he had opportunities of min- gling with mankind , he cleared himself , as Ford likewise owned , from the great part of his scholastic rust . He appeared early in the world as a translator of the " Iliad " into ...
... called him Poet . When he had opportunities of min- gling with mankind , he cleared himself , as Ford likewise owned , from the great part of his scholastic rust . He appeared early in the world as a translator of the " Iliad " into ...
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... called " A true Estimate , " though in 1728 it was announced as soon to be published , " never appeared ; and his old friends the muses were not forgotten . In 1730 , he relapsed to poetry , and sent into the world " Imperium Pelagi : a ...
... called " A true Estimate , " though in 1728 it was announced as soon to be published , " never appeared ; and his old friends the muses were not forgotten . In 1730 , he relapsed to poetry , and sent into the world " Imperium Pelagi : a ...
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