The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His Correspondence |
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... believe , but the assertion that a Mr. Tanner , " an honest man , " succeeded the Popes at Binfield , is supported by a note of Doncastle's , Hearne's Supp . Volume , p . 119 . BINFIELD . 15 of Windsor , and two from the. POPE'S HOUSE AT ...
... believe , but the assertion that a Mr. Tanner , " an honest man , " succeeded the Popes at Binfield , is supported by a note of Doncastle's , Hearne's Supp . Volume , p . 119 . BINFIELD . 15 of Windsor , and two from the. POPE'S HOUSE AT ...
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... believe it was with me when I left the town , as it is with a great many honest men when they leave the world , whose loss itself they do not so much regret , as that of their friends whom they leave behind in it . For I do not know one ...
... believe it was with me when I left the town , as it is with a great many honest men when they leave the world , whose loss itself they do not so much regret , as that of their friends whom they leave behind in it . For I do not know one ...
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... believe , was what prevailed upon me to let her keep them . By the interval of twelve years at least , from her pos- session to the time of printing them , ' tis manifest that I had not the least ground to apprehend such a design : but ...
... believe , was what prevailed upon me to let her keep them . By the interval of twelve years at least , from her pos- session to the time of printing them , ' tis manifest that I had not the least ground to apprehend such a design : but ...
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... believe would bring his puny assailant to his feet in submission , or annihilate him for ever . His remarks on the Essay are replete with per- sonal abuse , part of which will be found quoted by Pope , in justification of his severity ...
... believe would bring his puny assailant to his feet in submission , or annihilate him for ever . His remarks on the Essay are replete with per- sonal abuse , part of which will be found quoted by Pope , in justification of his severity ...
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... believe ' tis with the errors of the mind as with the weeds of a field , which , if they are consumed upon the place , enrich and improve it more than if none had ever grown there . Some of the faults of that book I myself have found ...
... believe ' tis with the errors of the mind as with the weeds of a field , which , if they are consumed upon the place , enrich and improve it more than if none had ever grown there . Some of the faults of that book I myself have found ...
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