Pope and Bolingbroke: A Study of Friendship and Influence |
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... Early Days Beginning of the Friendship Spence rather unhelpfully quotes Pope as having said in August 1735 , " Lord Bolingbroke was one of my oldest acquaintances . " 1 Most biog- raphers agree that it was through Swift , who had first ...
... Early Days Beginning of the Friendship Spence rather unhelpfully quotes Pope as having said in August 1735 , " Lord Bolingbroke was one of my oldest acquaintances . " 1 Most biog- raphers agree that it was through Swift , who had first ...
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... early version of the Dunciad is decidedly politi- cal . The progress of dullness from city to court cannot but be an arraign- ment of the government . Mercenary venality is the poem's major target . Certainly , the poet's personal ...
... early version of the Dunciad is decidedly politi- cal . The progress of dullness from city to court cannot but be an arraign- ment of the government . Mercenary venality is the poem's major target . Certainly , the poet's personal ...
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... early as autumn 1729 , but it was not performed until 22 February 1731. The play was politically subversive , since the major characters - Eurydice , Periander , Procres , and Polydore — could be identified with , respectively , Queen ...
... early as autumn 1729 , but it was not performed until 22 February 1731. The play was politically subversive , since the major characters - Eurydice , Periander , Procres , and Polydore — could be identified with , respectively , Queen ...
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