...therefore, every reason to trust the account which Lady Mary gives of the origin of the quarrel, namely, " that at some ill-chosen time, when she least expected...provoked an immoderate fit of laughter, from which moment ho became her implacable enemy." * The history of Pope's relations with Martha and Teresa Blount is...

...even by such kindly writers as Leigh Hunt, to redound to her credit. Her own account of the affair was this, " that at some ill-chosen time, when she...from which moment he became her implacable enemy." " A pause," says Leigh Hunt, " comes upon the spirit and the tongue at hearing such an explanation...

...call a declaration, he (Pope) made such passionate love to her, as, in spite of her utmost endevours to be angry and look grave, provoked an immoderate fit of laughter : from that moment he was her implacable enemy." His vanity being Pope's most vulnerable part, it is not surprising...

...ill-chosen time he made such outrageous love to her, as, in spite of her utmost endeavours to be ingry and look grave, provoked an immoderate fit of laughter; from which moment wounded vanity made him her implacable enemy. In t*x> places she contradicts this statement : in one...

...she was amusing herself with the extravagance of his devotion ; but Lady Mary's own statement is : that at some illchosen time, when she least expected...from which moment he became her implacable enemy. Leigh Hunt exclaims : — "A pause comes upon the spirit and the tongue at hearing such an explanation...

...1/<\/лш/|"Я, he made such passionate lu\e to h:as, in spite of her utmost endca\ours to be angry ar: l<4..k grave, provoked an immoderate fit of laughter from which moment he became her iraplaca1 спешу« I.ii\ M'tr\ U'or!l<\ Montait. 87 I.- .:!'. !! :::t exclaims: — "Л pause comes...

...her own daughter, the Countess of Bute, who repeated it to her daughter, Lady Louisa Stuart, was; " that at some ill-chosen time, when she least expected...from which moment he became her implacable enemy." (Lady MW Montagu's Works, vol. ip 92.) This story is perfectly consistent with the tone of Pope's letters...

...her own daughter, the Countess of Bute, who repeated it to her daughter, Lady Louisa Stuart, was, " that at some ill-chosen time, when she least expected...from which moment he became her implacable enemy." (Lady MW Montagu's Works, vol. ip 92.) This story is perfectly consistent with the tone of Pope's letters...

...Stuart, was, " that at some ill-chosen time, when she least expected what romances call a drrlaration, he made such passionate love to her, as, in spite...from which moment he became her implacable enemy." (Lady MW Montagu's Works, vol. ip 92.) This story is perfectly consistent with the tone of Pope's letters...

...such passionate love to her as, in spite of her utmost endeavour to be angry and look grave, produced an immoderate fit of laughter ; from which moment he became her implacable enemy. " In one so sensitive," remarks Mr. Carruthers, " the cause was adequate to the effect. A consciousness...