Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... Pope to Spence , he was born at Leicester , the fson of a elergyman , who was minifter of a parish in Herefordshire * . During his life the place of his birth was undetermined . He was contented to be called an Irish- man by the Irifh ...
... Pope to Spence , he was born at Leicester , the fson of a elergyman , who was minifter of a parish in Herefordshire * . During his life the place of his birth was undetermined . He was contented to be called an Irish- man by the Irifh ...
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... He was now fo much at eafe , that ( 1727 ) he returned to England ; where he collected three volumes of Mifcella- nies in conjunction with Pope , who pre- fixed a nies 62 SWIFT . But the pleasure of popularity was ...
... He was now fo much at eafe , that ( 1727 ) he returned to England ; where he collected three volumes of Mifcella- nies in conjunction with Pope , who pre- fixed a nies 62 SWIFT . But the pleasure of popularity was ...
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Samuel Johnson. nies in conjunction with Pope , who pre- fixed a querulous and apologetical Pre- face . This important year fent likewise into the world Gulliver's Travels , a production fo new and strange , that it filled the reader ...
Samuel Johnson. nies in conjunction with Pope , who pre- fixed a querulous and apologetical Pre- face . This important year fent likewise into the world Gulliver's Travels , a production fo new and strange , that it filled the reader ...
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... again heard of the ficknefs and danger of Mrs. John- fon . He then left the houfe of Pope , as it feems , with very little ceremony , finding that two fick friends cannot live tege- together ; and did not write to him till he 66 S WIF T.
... again heard of the ficknefs and danger of Mrs. John- fon . He then left the houfe of Pope , as it feems , with very little ceremony , finding that two fick friends cannot live tege- together ; and did not write to him till he 66 S WIF T.
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... Pope , in the decline of life , that he hopes once more to fee him ; but if not , fays he , we must part , as all human beings have parted . After the death of Stella , his benevo- lence was contracted , and his severity exafperated ...
... Pope , in the decline of life , that he hopes once more to fee him ; but if not , fays he , we must part , as all human beings have parted . After the death of Stella , his benevo- lence was contracted , and his severity exafperated ...
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