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... present work can be considered only as a contribution towards the history of Pope and his times , the Editor can honestly say that he has taken nothing upon trust which he had an opportunity of investigating , and that he has been ...
... present work can be considered only as a contribution towards the history of Pope and his times , the Editor can honestly say that he has taken nothing upon trust which he had an opportunity of investigating , and that he has been ...
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... present owners say that Mr. Bevan used to relate that in his childhood the house was often visited by persons who came there out of curiosity to see the birthplace of the great poet . Mr. Bevan's memory , were he living , would reach ...
... present owners say that Mr. Bevan used to relate that in his childhood the house was often visited by persons who came there out of curiosity to see the birthplace of the great poet . Mr. Bevan's memory , were he living , would reach ...
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... present than even the noble blood they derive only from you . A mother , on whom I was never obliged so far to reflect as to say , she spoiled me ; and a father , who never found himself obliged to say of me , that he disapproved my ...
... present than even the noble blood they derive only from you . A mother , on whom I was never obliged so far to reflect as to say , she spoiled me ; and a father , who never found himself obliged to say of me , that he disapproved my ...
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... present which was highly valued , and is still preserved . An occasional correspondence was afterwards kept up between them , of which one letter re- mains : ' " Twickenham , April 28 , 1738 . " SIR - I received yours , in which I think ...
... present which was highly valued , and is still preserved . An occasional correspondence was afterwards kept up between them , of which one letter re- mains : ' " Twickenham , April 28 , 1738 . " SIR - I received yours , in which I think ...
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... present , as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet , and our friend , Wycherley . He had often told me , as I doubt not he did all his acquaintance , that he would marry as soon as his life was de- spaired of ...
... present , as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet , and our friend , Wycherley . He had often told me , as I doubt not he did all his acquaintance , that he would marry as soon as his life was de- spaired of ...
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