The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His Correspondence |
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... less solicitude for myself ( as I am going to want nothing ere it be long ) , than for others who are to live after me in a world which is none of the best . I am , sincerely , your well - wisher and affectionate servant - A . POPE ...
... less solicitude for myself ( as I am going to want nothing ere it be long ) , than for others who are to live after me in a world which is none of the best . I am , sincerely , your well - wisher and affectionate servant - A . POPE ...
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... less than fourteen sisters and three brothers Edith Pope came at last to be the sole survivor . She lived to a great age , and had the rare felicity of seeing her son - her only child - crowned with comparative wealth and the highest ...
... less than fourteen sisters and three brothers Edith Pope came at last to be the sole survivor . She lived to a great age , and had the rare felicity of seeing her son - her only child - crowned with comparative wealth and the highest ...
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... less and ride on horseback every day . With this recipe the Father posted to Binfield , and Pope , having the good sense to follow the prescribed course , speedily got well . Southcote's timely aid was not forgotten . Twenty years ...
... less and ride on horseback every day . With this recipe the Father posted to Binfield , and Pope , having the good sense to follow the prescribed course , speedily got well . Southcote's timely aid was not forgotten . Twenty years ...
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... less palatable description . Pope said he had contracted some of the pieces , as we do sun- beams , to improve their energy and force ; " some he quite away , as we take branches from a tree to add to the fruit ; " and others he ...
... less palatable description . Pope said he had contracted some of the pieces , as we do sun- beams , to improve their energy and force ; " some he quite away , as we take branches from a tree to add to the fruit ; " and others he ...
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... less in the wrong , but then his experience left him the smaller excuse for not foreseeing the result . " The correctness of Pope's judgment was fully verified by the posthumous publication of Wycherley's poems , which were given to the ...
... less in the wrong , but then his experience left him the smaller excuse for not foreseeing the result . " The correctness of Pope's judgment was fully verified by the posthumous publication of Wycherley's poems , which were given to the ...
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