Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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Page 37
... Lord Petre cut off a lock of Mrs. Arabella Fermor's hair . This , whether stealth or violence , was fo much refented , that the commerce of the two families , before very friendly , was in- terrupted . Mr. Caryl , a gentleman who ...
... Lord Petre cut off a lock of Mrs. Arabella Fermor's hair . This , whether stealth or violence , was fo much refented , that the commerce of the two families , before very friendly , was in- terrupted . Mr. Caryl , a gentleman who ...
Page 45
... Lord Lanfdown , who was then high in repu- tation and influence among the Tories ; and it is faid that the conclufion of the poem gave great pain to Addifon , both as a poet and a politician . Reports like this are often spread with ...
... Lord Lanfdown , who was then high in repu- tation and influence among the Tories ; and it is faid that the conclufion of the poem gave great pain to Addifon , both as a poet and a politician . Reports like this are often spread with ...
Page 48
... advance , and sometimes perfuaded his friends to fit . A picture of Betterton , fuppofed to be drawn by him , was in the poffef- fion of Lord Mansfield : if this was taken from fion 48 POP E. willing to print the paper left Pope ...
... advance , and sometimes perfuaded his friends to fit . A picture of Betterton , fuppofed to be drawn by him , was in the poffef- fion of Lord Mansfield : if this was taken from fion 48 POP E. willing to print the paper left Pope ...
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Samuel Johnson. fion of Lord Mansfield : if this was taken from the life , he must have begun to paint earlier ; for Betterton was now dead . Pope's ambition of this new art produced fome encomiaftick verfes to Jer- vas , which certainly ...
Samuel Johnson. fion of Lord Mansfield : if this was taken from the life , he must have begun to paint earlier ; for Betterton was now dead . Pope's ambition of this new art produced fome encomiaftick verfes to Jer- vas , which certainly ...
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... received , and the patrons of literature were busy to re commend his undertaking , and promot his intereft . Lord Oxford , indeed , la mented that fuch a genius fhould b wafte . wafted upon a work not original ; but proposed no 52 POPE .
... received , and the patrons of literature were busy to re commend his undertaking , and promot his intereft . Lord Oxford , indeed , la mented that fuch a genius fhould b wafte . wafted upon a work not original ; but proposed no 52 POPE .
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