The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 pages |
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Page x
... Lord Treasurer Oxford used to express his con- cern for , but without offering him a pension , as the Earl of Halifax and Mr. Secretary Craggs afterwards did , though Mr. Pope declined it . The reputation of Mr. Pope gaining every day ...
... Lord Treasurer Oxford used to express his con- cern for , but without offering him a pension , as the Earl of Halifax and Mr. Secretary Craggs afterwards did , though Mr. Pope declined it . The reputation of Mr. Pope gaining every day ...
Page xviii
... Lord God will wipe tears from off all faces ; " From every face he wipes off every tear . " The And it stands so altered in the newer editions of Mr. Pope s works . He proceeded to lay before him the mistakes and inaccuracies hinted at ...
... Lord God will wipe tears from off all faces ; " From every face he wipes off every tear . " The And it stands so altered in the newer editions of Mr. Pope s works . He proceeded to lay before him the mistakes and inaccuracies hinted at ...
Page xx
... Lords Bolingbroke , Oxford , and Harcourt , Dr. Swift , and Mr. Prior , he did not drop his correspondence with the Lord Halifax , Mr. Craggs , and most of those who were at the head of the Whig interest . A professed Jacobite one day ...
... Lords Bolingbroke , Oxford , and Harcourt , Dr. Swift , and Mr. Prior , he did not drop his correspondence with the Lord Halifax , Mr. Craggs , and most of those who were at the head of the Whig interest . A professed Jacobite one day ...
Page xxiii
... Lord Orrery has obliged the world with by preserving it in the life of Swift k is a perfect master - piece of wit and pleasantry . We have already taken notice that Mr. Pope was called upon by the public voice to translate the Iliad ...
... Lord Orrery has obliged the world with by preserving it in the life of Swift k is a perfect master - piece of wit and pleasantry . We have already taken notice that Mr. Pope was called upon by the public voice to translate the Iliad ...
Page xxxii
... Lord Bolingbroke , whom Mr. Pope esteemed to almost an enthusiastic degree of admira . tion , was the first to make this attack . Not many years ago the public were entertained with this con- troversy , immediately upon the publication ...
... Lord Bolingbroke , whom Mr. Pope esteemed to almost an enthusiastic degree of admira . tion , was the first to make this attack . Not many years ago the public were entertained with this con- troversy , immediately upon the publication ...
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