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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...come nearer to the truth. THE THE perfon of Pope is well known not to have been formed by the niceft model. He has, in his account. of the Little Club,...feeble and weak ; and as bodies of a tender frame are eafily diftorted, his deformity was probably in part the effect of his application. His ftature...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...come nearer to the truth. THE i THE perfon of Pope is well known not to have been formed by the niceft model. He has, in his account of the Little Club,...feeble and weak ; and as bodies of a tender frame are eafily diftorted, his deformity was probably in part the effect of his application. His ftature...
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Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...well known not to have been formed by the niceft model. He has, in his account of the Little Clnb> (compared himfelf to a fpider, and is defcribed as...feeble and weak ; and as bodies of a tender frame are eafily diftorted, his deformity was probably in part the effecl: of his application. His ftature...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 418 pages
...had come nearer to the. truth. THE perfon of Pope Is well known not to have been formed by the niceft model. He has, in his account of the Little Club,...have been beautiful in his infancy.; but he was of a conftitutton originally feeble and weak; and as bodies of a tender frame are eafily diftorted, his...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 522 pages
...come nearer to the truth. THE THE perfon of Pope is well known not to have been formed by the niceft model. He has, in his account of - the Little Club,...have been beautiful in his infancy ; but he was of a conflitution originally feeble and weak ; and as bodies of a tender frame are eafdy diftorted, his...
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...Haiiti and Character. •tt A HE perfon of Pipe is well known not to hav« " been formed by the niceft model. He has, in " his account of the little Club,...himfelf " to a fpider, and is defcribed as protuberant be*' hind and before. He is faid to have been beau" tiful in his infancy ; but he was of a conftitu"...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...niceft model. He has, in his account of the Little Club, compared hirnfelf to a fpider, and by another is defcribed as protuberant behind and before. He...feeble and weak ; and as bodies of a tender frame are eafily diftorted, his deformity was probably in part the effect of his application. His ftature...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...t'»t VOL. IV. G 5 time a' ( 0 THE perfon of Pope is well-known not to have been formed by the niceft model. He has, in his account of the Little Club, compared himfelf to a fpider, ",< and by another is defcribed as protuberant behind and before. He is faid to have been beautiful in his...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...t'ut IV. G c. time 9o PO !> E. THE perfon of Pope is well-known not to have been formed by the niceft model. He has, in his account of the Little Club, compared himfelf to a ipider, and by another is defcrlbed as protuberant behind and before. He is faid to have been beautiful...
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Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1797 - 278 pages
...commentator the Bifhop of Gloucefter. Speaking of Pope's perfon and private manners, Dr. Johnfon fays, " He compared himfelf to a fpider, and is defcribed as...originally feeble and weak ; and as bodies of a tender form are ealily diftorted, his deformity was probably in part the eflect of his application. His ftature...
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