Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Warburton's Pope , ix . 12. The second Earl of Oxford read it at that time . Works , xix . 88. In 1736 Dr. King undertook to get it printed ; but in 1738 pointed out that it might ' in- name , by Dr. Lucas ' ; of which I SWIFT 27.
... Warburton's Pope , ix . 12. The second Earl of Oxford read it at that time . Works , xix . 88. In 1736 Dr. King undertook to get it printed ; but in 1738 pointed out that it might ' in- name , by Dr. Lucas ' ; of which I SWIFT 27.
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... Warburton using a mode of expression which he himself used , and that not seldom , to the great offence of those who did not know him . . . . Johnson had accustomed himself to use the word lie , to express 7 8 9 able to ascertain the ...
... Warburton using a mode of expression which he himself used , and that not seldom , to the great offence of those who did not know him . . . . Johnson had accustomed himself to use the word lie , to express 7 8 9 able to ascertain the ...
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... Warburton could not afford me , I obtained from Mr. Langton , to whom Mr. Spence had imparted it ' . The price at which Pope purchased this assistance was three hundred pounds paid to Fenton , and five hundred to Broome , with as many ...
... Warburton could not afford me , I obtained from Mr. Langton , to whom Mr. Spence had imparted it ' . The price at which Pope purchased this assistance was three hundred pounds paid to Fenton , and five hundred to Broome , with as many ...
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... Warburton's Pope's Works , ed . 1757 , iv . 205 , and Spence's Anec . pp . 192 , 206 , 259 , 276 , 283 , who do not always agree . Warburton ( Preface , p . 7 ) said that he intended to write Pope's Life . Not much has been lost by his ...
... Warburton's Pope's Works , ed . 1757 , iv . 205 , and Spence's Anec . pp . 192 , 206 , 259 , 276 , 283 , who do not always agree . Warburton ( Preface , p . 7 ) said that he intended to write Pope's Life . Not much has been lost by his ...
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... Warburton are the authorities for Taverner . For a most improb- able tradition that Pope was once at Abingdon School see Macleane's Pembroke College , p . 200 . 3 ' He spoke of the pleasure Ogilby's Homer then gave him with a sort of ...
... Warburton are the authorities for Taverner . For a most improb- able tradition that Pope was once at Abingdon School see Macleane's Pembroke College , p . 200 . 3 ' He spoke of the pleasure Ogilby's Homer then gave him with a sort of ...
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