The Works of Alexander Pope: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 5C. a J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... Duke of D said to me on that occasion ; how a judge here , who knows you , told him , that , on the first reading those Essays , he was much pleased , but found some lines a little dark ; on the second , most of them cleared up , and ...
... Duke of D said to me on that occasion ; how a judge here , who knows you , told him , that , on the first reading those Essays , he was much pleased , but found some lines a little dark ; on the second , most of them cleared up , and ...
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... Dukes , by the name of ROBERT THE DEVIL , the races of heroes might have been less numerous , or , however , less mischievous . Warburton . Ver . 235. or bleed like Socrates , ] Considering the manner in which Socrates was put to death ...
... Dukes , by the name of ROBERT THE DEVIL , the races of heroes might have been less numerous , or , however , less mischievous . Warburton . Ver . 235. or bleed like Socrates , ] Considering the manner in which Socrates was put to death ...
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... Duke of Ormond . Warton . Ver . 259. In parts superior ] To a person that was praising Dr. Balguy's admirable Discourses on the Vanity and Vexation of our Pursuits after Knowledge , he replied , " I borrowed the whole from ten lines of ...
... Duke of Ormond . Warton . Ver . 259. In parts superior ] To a person that was praising Dr. Balguy's admirable Discourses on the Vanity and Vexation of our Pursuits after Knowledge , he replied , " I borrowed the whole from ten lines of ...
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... Duke with a wonderful degree of acrimony ; nay , he once turned into ridicule his sorrow on the death of his only son , the Marquis of Blandford . The Duke having a very effeminate voice , Pope , in some bitter verses which he ...
... Duke with a wonderful degree of acrimony ; nay , he once turned into ridicule his sorrow on the death of his only son , the Marquis of Blandford . The Duke having a very effeminate voice , Pope , in some bitter verses which he ...
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... Duke of Marlborough's tent , at which Prince Louis of Baden and Prince Eugene had assisted , the latter , after the council had broke up , stepped back to the tent to communicate something he had forgot to the Duke , whom he found ...
... Duke of Marlborough's tent , at which Prince Louis of Baden and Prince Eugene had assisted , the latter , after the council had broke up , stepped back to the tent to communicate something he had forgot to the Duke , whom he found ...
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