The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... dear with it , till we outlive all tendernesses , and become wretched individuals again as we begun . Adieu ! This is my birthday , and this is my reflection upon it : " With added days if life give nothing new , But like a sieve , let ...
... dear with it , till we outlive all tendernesses , and become wretched individuals again as we begun . Adieu ! This is my birthday , and this is my reflection upon it : " With added days if life give nothing new , But like a sieve , let ...
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... dear husband as may be ; " and against the south wall of St. Pancras Church is a tablet , surmounted by a palette and 66 11 Hunter's Deanery of Doncaster , v . ii . p . 292 . POPE'S FATHER . 13 pencils , to the memory of 12 LIFE OF POPE .
... dear husband as may be ; " and against the south wall of St. Pancras Church is a tablet , surmounted by a palette and 66 11 Hunter's Deanery of Doncaster , v . ii . p . 292 . POPE'S FATHER . 13 pencils , to the memory of 12 LIFE OF POPE .
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... - in - law , Charles Rackett , and my dear daughter Magdalen . " We agree with Mr. Cunningham ( Johnson's Lives , v . iii . p . 4 ) that this language indicates that This lady was afterwards married to a Mr. Charles Rackett.
... - in - law , Charles Rackett , and my dear daughter Magdalen . " We agree with Mr. Cunningham ( Johnson's Lives , v . iii . p . 4 ) that this language indicates that This lady was afterwards married to a Mr. Charles Rackett.
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... dear , it is only this , that you will never marry an old man again . ' I cannot help remark- ing , that sickness , which often destroys both wit and wisdom , yet seldom has power to remove that talent which we call humour . Mr ...
... dear , it is only this , that you will never marry an old man again . ' I cannot help remark- ing , that sickness , which often destroys both wit and wisdom , yet seldom has power to remove that talent which we call humour . Mr ...
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... dear will buy the lead That lies within a poet's head , As that which in the hero's pate Deserved of gold an equal weight ? ” Other satirical touches mark the latent vein - and here also Cromwell might have traced his young friend to ...
... dear will buy the lead That lies within a poet's head , As that which in the hero's pate Deserved of gold an equal weight ? ” Other satirical touches mark the latent vein - and here also Cromwell might have traced his young friend to ...
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