The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 4Nichols and Son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1800 |
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... OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . I 160 THOMSON , WATTS , 163 179 A. PHILIPS , 189 WEST , 198 COLLINS , 203 DYER , 209 SHENSTONE , 213 YOUNG , 222 MALLET , 282 AKENSIDE , 290 GRAY , 298 LYTTELTON , 313 POPE . ALEXANDER POPE was born in London , May.
... OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . I 160 THOMSON , WATTS , 163 179 A. PHILIPS , 189 WEST , 198 COLLINS , 203 DYER , 209 SHENSTONE , 213 YOUNG , 222 MALLET , 282 AKENSIDE , 290 GRAY , 298 LYTTELTON , 313 POPE . ALEXANDER POPE was born in London , May.
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... young , was so pleasing , that he was called in fondness " the little Nightingale . " Being not fent early to fchool , he was taught to read by an aunt ; and when he was seven or eight years old , became a lover of books . He firft ...
... young , was so pleasing , that he was called in fondness " the little Nightingale . " Being not fent early to fchool , he was taught to read by an aunt ; and when he was seven or eight years old , became a lover of books . He firft ...
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... young admirer ? The earliest of Pope's productions is his " Ode " on Solitude , " written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing more than other forward boys have attained , and which is not equal to 1 boys 4 POPE .
... young admirer ? The earliest of Pope's productions is his " Ode " on Solitude , " written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing more than other forward boys have attained , and which is not equal to 1 boys 4 POPE .
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... young and raw . ' " " " First , because he discovers a fufficiency beyond " his laft ability , and hath rafhly undertaken a task " infinitely above his force . Secondly , while this little author ftruts , and affects the dictatorian ...
... young and raw . ' " " " First , because he discovers a fufficiency beyond " his laft ability , and hath rafhly undertaken a task " infinitely above his force . Secondly , while this little author ftruts , and affects the dictatorian ...
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... young gentleman whom Mr. " Walfh ufed to take into his company , as a " double foil to his perfon and capacity . - Inquire " between Sunninghill and Oakingham for a young , fhort , fquab gentleman , the very bow of " the God of Love ...
... young gentleman whom Mr. " Walfh ufed to take into his company , as a " double foil to his perfon and capacity . - Inquire " between Sunninghill and Oakingham for a young , fhort , fquab gentleman , the very bow of " the God of Love ...
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