Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1857 |
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... poet was born at London in 1688 and was descended from a good family of tnat name in Oxfordshire , the head of which was the Earl of Downe , whose sole heiress married the Earl of Lindsey . His father , a man of primitive simplicity and ...
... poet was born at London in 1688 and was descended from a good family of tnat name in Oxfordshire , the head of which was the Earl of Downe , whose sole heiress married the Earl of Lindsey . His father , a man of primitive simplicity and ...
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... poet went to his father , to reside at his house at Binfield , in Windsor Forest , where he was , for a few months ... poets have given early displays of genius yet we cannot recollect that amongst the inspired tribe one LIFE OF POPE VII.
... poet went to his father , to reside at his house at Binfield , in Windsor Forest , where he was , for a few months ... poets have given early displays of genius yet we cannot recollect that amongst the inspired tribe one LIFE OF POPE VII.
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... poet in nis old age , conceived a design of publishing his poems ; and as he was but a very imperfect master of numbers , he intrusted his manuscripts to Mr. Pope , and submitted them to his corrections . The free- dom which our young ...
... poet in nis old age , conceived a design of publishing his poems ; and as he was but a very imperfect master of numbers , he intrusted his manuscripts to Mr. Pope , and submitted them to his corrections . The free- dom which our young ...
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... poet , he has there related some anecdotes of Wycherley , which we shall bere insert . " Dear Sir , " I know of nothing that will be so interesting to you at present as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet , and ...
... poet , he has there related some anecdotes of Wycherley , which we shall bere insert . " Dear Sir , " I know of nothing that will be so interesting to you at present as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet , and ...
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... poet , though it is not ascertained whether he himself was the person from whom she was removed . This young lady was of very high birth , possessed an opulent fortune , and under the tutorage of an uncle , who gave her an education ...
... poet , though it is not ascertained whether he himself was the person from whom she was removed . This young lady was of very high birth , possessed an opulent fortune , and under the tutorage of an uncle , who gave her an education ...
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