Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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Page 18
... Letters were given by Cromwel to one Mrs. Thomas , and the many years afterwards fold them to Curll , who inferted them in a volume of his Mifcellanies . Walfh , a name yet preferved among the minor poets , was one of his first ...
... Letters were given by Cromwel to one Mrs. Thomas , and the many years afterwards fold them to Curll , who inferted them in a volume of his Mifcellanies . Walfh , a name yet preferved among the minor poets , was one of his first ...
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... com- pliance with his criticisms . It is reasonable to infer , from his Letters , that the verfes on the Unfortu- nate Lady were written about the time C when when his Efay was published . The Lady's name and POPE . 33.
... com- pliance with his criticisms . It is reasonable to infer , from his Letters , that the verfes on the Unfortu- nate Lady were written about the time C when when his Efay was published . The Lady's name and POPE . 33.
Page 35
... letters were intercepted and carried to her guardian , who directed her to be watched with ftill greater vigi- lance ; till of this reftraint fhe grew impatient , that the bribed a woman- fervant to procure her a fword , which fhe ...
... letters were intercepted and carried to her guardian , who directed her to be watched with ftill greater vigi- lance ; till of this reftraint fhe grew impatient , that the bribed a woman- fervant to procure her a fword , which fhe ...
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... fays Pope , in a Letter to him , indeed your opinion , " that ' tis entirely to be neglected , “ would be my own in my own cafe ' ; " but I felt more warmth here than I ❝ did " did when I first faw his book against " 46 POPE .
... fays Pope , in a Letter to him , indeed your opinion , " that ' tis entirely to be neglected , “ would be my own in my own cafe ' ; " but I felt more warmth here than I ❝ did " did when I first faw his book against " 46 POPE .
Page 58
... made no publick oppofition ; but in one of his Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not more than twenty - five , with an irre- gular gular education , and a courfe of life of which 58 POPE .
... made no publick oppofition ; but in one of his Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not more than twenty - five , with an irre- gular gular education , and a courfe of life of which 58 POPE .
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