Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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... Courthope ) , viii . 54. For Fenton's translation into blank verse see Eng . Poets , xxxv . 291 . Fenton helped Pope in his edition of Shakespeare . Pope's Works ( E. & C. ) , viii . 82. For this he was paid £ 30 14s . Gent . Mag . 1787 ...
... Courthope ) , viii . 54. For Fenton's translation into blank verse see Eng . Poets , xxxv . 291 . Fenton helped Pope in his edition of Shakespeare . Pope's Works ( E. & C. ) , viii . 82. For this he was paid £ 30 14s . Gent . Mag . 1787 ...
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... Court : — ' There saw I St. John , sweet of mien , Full steadfast both to Church and 6 Queen . ' Eng . Poets , xxxvi . 55 . Walpole , in 1722 , made him a Commissioner of the Lottery , worth £ 150 a year . Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) ...
... Court : — ' There saw I St. John , sweet of mien , Full steadfast both to Church and 6 Queen . ' Eng . Poets , xxxvi . 55 . Walpole , in 1722 , made him a Commissioner of the Lottery , worth £ 150 a year . Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) ...
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... Court ; even any honest man is a better . ' Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , vii . 431. On Nov. 9 , 1729 , Gay wrote to Swift : - ' You have often twitted me in the teeth with hankering after the Court . In that you mistook me ...
... Court ; even any honest man is a better . ' Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , vii . 431. On Nov. 9 , 1729 , Gay wrote to Swift : - ' You have often twitted me in the teeth with hankering after the Court . In that you mistook me ...
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