Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... of the Greek metres than I deserved . There was some ques- tion about anapæstics , concerning which I happened to remember what Foster used to tell us at Eton , that the whole line to the Basis ' Talking ΙΟ Spence and Pope . [ A.D. 1780 . '
... of the Greek metres than I deserved . There was some ques- tion about anapæstics , concerning which I happened to remember what Foster used to tell us at Eton , that the whole line to the Basis ' Talking ΙΟ Spence and Pope . [ A.D. 1780 . '
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... Pope was on a visit to Spence ' at Oxford , as they looked from the window they saw a Gentleman Commoner , who was just come in from riding , amusing himself with whip- ping at a post . Pope took occasion to say , “ That young gentleman ...
... Pope was on a visit to Spence ' at Oxford , as they looked from the window they saw a Gentleman Commoner , who was just come in from riding , amusing himself with whip- ping at a post . Pope took occasion to say , “ That young gentleman ...
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... Pope's lines , " Let modest Foster , if he will , excel Ten metropolitans in preaching well : " " Then asked the Doctor , " Why did Pope say this ? " JOHN- SON . " Sir , he hoped it would vex somebody . ' ' Dr. Goldsmith , upon occasion ...
... Pope's lines , " Let modest Foster , if he will , excel Ten metropolitans in preaching well : " " Then asked the Doctor , " Why did Pope say this ? " JOHN- SON . " Sir , he hoped it would vex somebody . ' ' Dr. Goldsmith , upon occasion ...
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... Pope's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day : ' The next stanzas place and detain us in the dark and dismal regions of my- thology , where neither hope nor fear , neither joy nor sorrow can be found . ' Works , viii . 328. Of Gray's Progress of ...
... Pope's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day : ' The next stanzas place and detain us in the dark and dismal regions of my- thology , where neither hope nor fear , neither joy nor sorrow can be found . ' Works , viii . 328. Of Gray's Progress of ...
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... Pope , a verse bordering on licentiousness . John- son rebuked him in the finest manner , by first shewing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : “ Sir , that is not the song : it is thus . " And ...
... Pope , a verse bordering on licentiousness . John- son rebuked him in the finest manner , by first shewing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : “ Sir , that is not the song : it is thus . " And ...
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