Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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... Character , probably written by herself but ascribed by her to Pope , she described her person as ' most amiably majestic . ' Warbur- ton's Pope , viii . 184. For Atossa , a character Pope probably drew from her , see Pope's Works ...
... Character , probably written by herself but ascribed by her to Pope , she described her person as ' most amiably majestic . ' Warbur- ton's Pope , viii . 184. For Atossa , a character Pope probably drew from her , see Pope's Works ...
Page 190
... character till after the Duke's departure , yet the bur- thens of the embassy lay upon him . ' It was in the embassy to Utrecht that Strafford refused to be associated with him . Swift wrote on Nov. 20 , 1711 - I hear Prior's commission ...
... character till after the Duke's departure , yet the bur- thens of the embassy lay upon him . ' It was in the embassy to Utrecht that Strafford refused to be associated with him . Swift wrote on Nov. 20 , 1711 - I hear Prior's commission ...
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... characters is a poet , which Savage may have suspected was in- tended to personate him . There are in the printed copy ... character resembling him . ] 3 The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream , and labours for a joke ...
... characters is a poet , which Savage may have suspected was in- tended to personate him . There are in the printed copy ... character resembling him . ] 3 The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream , and labours for a joke ...
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