Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... Pope had partly borrowed from him , " The dying Christian to his Soul . " Johnson repeated Rochester's verses upon Flat- man , which , I think , by much too severe : " Nor that slow drudge in swift Pindarick strains , Flatman , who ...
... Pope had partly borrowed from him , " The dying Christian to his Soul . " Johnson repeated Rochester's verses upon Flat- man , which , I think , by much too severe : " Nor that slow drudge in swift Pindarick strains , Flatman , who ...
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... Pope's remark : " Each might his several province well command , Would all but stoop to what they understand . " 399 BOSWELL . " And his plays are good . " JOHNSON . " Yes ; but that was his trade ; l'esprit du corps ; he had been all ...
... Pope's remark : " Each might his several province well command , Would all but stoop to what they understand . " 399 BOSWELL . " And his plays are good . " JOHNSON . " Yes ; but that was his trade ; l'esprit du corps ; he had been all ...
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... Pope , ' While Tories call me Whig , and Whigs a Tory . ' I wish you would look more into his book ; and as Lord Mountstuart wishes much to find a proper person to continue the work upon Granger's plan , and has desired I would mention ...
... Pope , ' While Tories call me Whig , and Whigs a Tory . ' I wish you would look more into his book ; and as Lord Mountstuart wishes much to find a proper person to continue the work upon Granger's plan , and has desired I would mention ...
Page 85
... Pope ' : from all these it appears to me that we have a pretty full account of this poet . However , you will , I doubt not , shew me many blanks , and I shall do what can be done to have them filled up . As Thomson never returned to ...
... Pope ' : from all these it appears to me that we have a pretty full account of this poet . However , you will , I doubt not , shew me many blanks , and I shall do what can be done to have them filled up . As Thomson never returned to ...
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... Pope's plaintive reflection , that all things would be as gay as ever , on the day of his death , is natural and common . We are apt to transfer to all around us our own gloom , without considering that at any given point of time there ...
... Pope's plaintive reflection , that all things would be as gay as ever , on the day of his death , is natural and common . We are apt to transfer to all around us our own gloom , without considering that at any given point of time there ...
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