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... . This has been copied by every succeeding biographer , and forms the groundwork of various conjectures and discussions by Bowles and Roscoe . The importance of this seemingly trifling mistake will be best seen by an example taken.
... . This has been copied by every succeeding biographer , and forms the groundwork of various conjectures and discussions by Bowles and Roscoe . The importance of this seemingly trifling mistake will be best seen by an example taken.
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Including Extracts from His Correspondence Robert Carruthers. trifling mistake will be best seen by an example taken from Roscoe's Pope , vol . viii . , p . 383 : " Mr. Blount died in London the following year , 1726 . " - Pope ...
Including Extracts from His Correspondence Robert Carruthers. trifling mistake will be best seen by an example taken from Roscoe's Pope , vol . viii . , p . 383 : " Mr. Blount died in London the following year , 1726 . " - Pope ...
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... of Binfield ( who had seen the document ) that in the deed by which his estate , when sold , was conveyed , he was entitled " Alexander Pope , merchant of Kensington . " certain that he carried his careful business habits into the.
... of Binfield ( who had seen the document ) that in the deed by which his estate , when sold , was conveyed , he was entitled " Alexander Pope , merchant of Kensington . " certain that he carried his careful business habits into the.
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... seen him at the theatre or in Tonson's shop . " I saw Mr. Dryden , " he said to Spence , " when I was about twelve years of age . I remember his face well , for I looked upon him even then with veneration , and observed him very ...
... seen him at the theatre or in Tonson's shop . " I saw Mr. Dryden , " he said to Spence , " when I was about twelve years of age . I remember his face well , for I looked upon him even then with veneration , and observed him very ...
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... seen walking hat in hand through their village capitals , -a circumstance which provoked this anathema from a Turk : " May thy soul find no more rest in paradise than the hat of a German prince ! " What with ladies and literature ...
... seen walking hat in hand through their village capitals , -a circumstance which provoked this anathema from a Turk : " May thy soul find no more rest in paradise than the hat of a German prince ! " What with ladies and literature ...
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