The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... Lord Bathurst told us , that ' The Essay on Man ' was originally composed by Lord Bolingbroke in prose , and that Mr. Pope did no more than put it into verse : that he had read Lord Bolingbroke's manuscript in his own hand- writing ...
... Lord Bathurst told us , that ' The Essay on Man ' was originally composed by Lord Bolingbroke in prose , and that Mr. Pope did no more than put it into verse : that he had read Lord Bolingbroke's manuscript in his own hand- writing ...
Page 349
... Lord Bathurst , none of Pope's noble friends were such as that a good man would wish to have his intimacy with them known to posterity . " This will not apply to Lord Mansfield , who was not ennobled in Pope's life - time ; but Johnson ...
... Lord Bathurst , none of Pope's noble friends were such as that a good man would wish to have his intimacy with them known to posterity . " This will not apply to Lord Mansfield , who was not ennobled in Pope's life - time ; but Johnson ...
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... Lord , do you recollect any particulars that he told you of Lord Peterborough ? He is a favourite of mine , and is not enough known ; his character has been only ventilated in party pamphlets . " Lord Eliot said , if Dr. Johnson would ...
... Lord , do you recollect any particulars that he told you of Lord Peterborough ? He is a favourite of mine , and is not enough known ; his character has been only ventilated in party pamphlets . " Lord Eliot said , if Dr. Johnson would ...
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