Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 197
... pounds . With her came Mrs. Dingley , whose whole fortune was twenty - seven pounds a year for her life . With these Ladies he passed his hours of relaxation , and to them he opened his bosom ; but they never resided in the same house ...
... pounds . With her came Mrs. Dingley , whose whole fortune was twenty - seven pounds a year for her life . With these Ladies he passed his hours of relaxation , and to them he opened his bosom ; but they never resided in the same house ...
Page 255
... pounds a volume , five thousand three hundred and twenty pounds four shillings , without deduction , as the books were sup- plied by Lintot . By the success of his subscription Pope was relieved from those pecuniary distresses with ...
... pounds a volume , five thousand three hundred and twenty pounds four shillings , without deduction , as the books were sup- plied by Lintot . By the success of his subscription Pope was relieved from those pecuniary distresses with ...
Page 428
... pounds ; and that , when one of his friends exclaimed , Two thousand pounds for a poem ! he said it was the best bargain he ever made in his life , for the poem was worth four thousand . ' This story may be true ; but it seems to have ...
... pounds ; and that , when one of his friends exclaimed , Two thousand pounds for a poem ! he said it was the best bargain he ever made in his life , for the poem was worth four thousand . ' This story may be true ; but it seems to have ...
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