Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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Page 71
... Characters of Women ' , 3 a conflation of the Duchess of Buckingham and the Duchess of Marlborough . No doubt it was economical and guarded to lampoon two people in one character , because if either protested Pope could declare the ...
... Characters of Women ' , 3 a conflation of the Duchess of Buckingham and the Duchess of Marlborough . No doubt it was economical and guarded to lampoon two people in one character , because if either protested Pope could declare the ...
Page 193
... character has by far the greatest share in the learned and polite notice I have lately got ; and in a language where Pope and Churchill have raised the laugh , and Shenstone and Gray drawn the tear ; where Thomson and Beattie have ...
... character has by far the greatest share in the learned and polite notice I have lately got ; and in a language where Pope and Churchill have raised the laugh , and Shenstone and Gray drawn the tear ; where Thomson and Beattie have ...
Page 278
... Character , pp . ix - lii ; Characters , pp . 1-258 ; notes , pp . 259-322 ; index , pp . 323-31 . The book has been several times reprinted . JAMES COLIN MACLEHOSE . 2ND LIEUT . , RIFLE BRIGADE 278 A LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF.
... Character , pp . ix - lii ; Characters , pp . 1-258 ; notes , pp . 259-322 ; index , pp . 323-31 . The book has been several times reprinted . JAMES COLIN MACLEHOSE . 2ND LIEUT . , RIFLE BRIGADE 278 A LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF.
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THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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