...I tranfcribe literally this paffage : " There is fomething in Spencer that pleafes one as ftrongly in one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fairy Queen when I was about twelve with a vail deal of delight ; and I think it gave me as much when...

...gallery of pictures. I don't know how it is, but she said very right. There is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in one's old age, as it did...me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago.— P.' The date of this memorandum is 1743-4, a year before Pope's death. What he says of Chaucer...

...favourite from his early to his later years: " e There is fomething in Spenfer that pleafes one as ftrongly in one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene when I was about twelve with a vaft deal of delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago."...

...from his early to his later years: ^'^There is fomethirig in Spenfer that pleafefc one as ftrongly in one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Qtteene when I was about twelve with a vaft deal of delight ; and I think it gave me as much, when...

...I tranfcribe literally this paffage : " There is fomething in Spencer that pleafes one as ftrongly in one's old age as it did in one's, youth. I read the Fairy Queen when I was about twelve with a vaft deal of delight ; and I think it gave me as much when...

...I tranfcribe literally this paffage : " There is fomething in Spencer that pleafes one as ftrongly in one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fairy Queen •when I was about twelve with a vaft deal of delight ; and I think it gave me as much...

...I tranfcribe literally this palfage : " There is fomething in Spencer that pleafes one as flrongly in one's old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Fairy Queen when I was about twelve with a vaft deal of delight ; and I think it gave me as much when...

...demands the skill and industry of the antiquary. 1 " There is something," said Pope, " in Spenser, that pleases one as strongly in one's old age as' it did...youth . I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twel ve, with a vast deal of delight : md I think it gave me as much when I read it over about a year...

...There is something," said Pope, " in Spenser, that pleases one as strongly in one's old age as '"id in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with a vast deal of delight : ™ 1 think it gave me as much when I read it over about a year or two ago."...

...had been shewing her a gallery of pictures. She said very right; there is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in one's old age as it did...me as much when I read it over about a year or two ago.' — Yet Pope has been held forth to the present age as a traducer of Spenser. But we forget our...