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... original , the rest having been quoted or stolen from other authors , chiefly from Pope ; and the whole work ex- hibits inextricable confusion , inaccuracy , and misrepresenta- tion . One error which runs through his narrative is ...
... original , the rest having been quoted or stolen from other authors , chiefly from Pope ; and the whole work ex- hibits inextricable confusion , inaccuracy , and misrepresenta- tion . One error which runs through his narrative is ...
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... original powers of wit , fancy , and tenderness , and a brilliancy , condensation , and correctness , which even his master did not reach , and which still remain unsurpassed . ALEXANDER POPE was born in London in the memorable year of ...
... original powers of wit , fancy , and tenderness , and a brilliancy , condensation , and correctness , which even his master did not reach , and which still remain unsurpassed . ALEXANDER POPE was born in London in the memorable year of ...
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... original , and one which possesses strong claims to attention , is a Life of Pop published by Mr. Owen Ruffhead in 1769. Owen Ruffhead was a plodding and prosaic lawyer , editor of the Statutes at Large ; but he obtained information and ...
... original , and one which possesses strong claims to attention , is a Life of Pop published by Mr. Owen Ruffhead in 1769. Owen Ruffhead was a plodding and prosaic lawyer , editor of the Statutes at Large ; but he obtained information and ...
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... original was in the hands of the late Joseph Gordon , W.S. , Edinburgh . Mr. Pope , the clergyman , was a good scholar and antiquary . He translated Torfous's Orcades , and was author of the Description of the Shires of Caithness ...
... original was in the hands of the late Joseph Gordon , W.S. , Edinburgh . Mr. Pope , the clergyman , was a good scholar and antiquary . He translated Torfous's Orcades , and was author of the Description of the Shires of Caithness ...
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... original tree being decayed , Lady Gower of Bill - hill had a memorial carved upon the bark of another immediately adjoining : ' HERE POPE SUNG . During Lady Gower's life the letters were new cut every three or four years . " - Bowles ...
... original tree being decayed , Lady Gower of Bill - hill had a memorial carved upon the bark of another immediately adjoining : ' HERE POPE SUNG . During Lady Gower's life the letters were new cut every three or four years . " - Bowles ...
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