Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... father was of a family of which the Earl of Downe was the head , and that his mo- ther was the daughter of William Tur- ner , Efquire , of York , who had like- wife three fons , one of whom had the honour of being killed , and the other ...
... father was of a family of which the Earl of Downe was the head , and that his mo- ther was the daughter of William Tur- ner , Efquire , of York , who had like- wife three fons , one of whom had the honour of being killed , and the other ...
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... father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange has never been difcovered . Both parents were papifts . Pope was from his birth of a confti- rution tender and ...
... father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange has never been difcovered . Both parents were papifts . Pope was from his birth of a confti- rution tender and ...
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... father , who was undoubtedly difap- pointed by the fudden blaft of popish profperity , quitted his trade , whatever it was , and retired to Binfield in Wind- for Foreft , with about twenty thousand pounds ; for which , being ...
... father , who was undoubtedly difap- pointed by the fudden blaft of popish profperity , quitted his trade , whatever it was , and retired to Binfield in Wind- for Foreft , with about twenty thousand pounds ; for which , being ...
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Samuel Johnson. To Binfield Pope was called by his father when he was about twelve years- old ; and there he had for a few months the affiftance of one Deane , another prieft , of whom he learned only to con- ftrue a little of Tully's ...
Samuel Johnson. To Binfield Pope was called by his father when he was about twelve years- old ; and there he had for a few months the affiftance of one Deane , another prieft , of whom he learned only to con- ftrue a little of Tully's ...
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... father accidentally concurred , by propofing fubjects , and obliging him to correct his performances by many revifals ; af- ter which the old gentleman , when he was fatisfied , would fay these are good rhymes . In his perufal of the ...
... father accidentally concurred , by propofing fubjects , and obliging him to correct his performances by many revifals ; af- ter which the old gentleman , when he was fatisfied , would fay these are good rhymes . In his perufal of the ...
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