The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations On ... 3
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations On ... 3
Samuel Johnson
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One side An instance of the like negligence may be noted in this rela- tion of Fope'B love of painting, which differs much from the in- formation I gave him on that head. A picture of Betterton, . certainly copied from Kneller by Pope,f lord Mansfield once shewed me at Kenwood-house, adding, that it was the miiy one he ever iintshed, for that the weakness of his eyes was In obstruction to his use of the pencil. H. t See p. 70. POPE. 139 wsis cbntraeted. His legs were so slender, that he en" lar...ged thdr bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose wkhout help. His weakness made it very dif- ficult for him to be clean. His hair had fallen almost all away ; and he used to dine sometimes i^h lord Oxford, privately, iii a velvet cap. His dress of ceremony was black, with a tie-wig, and a little sword. The indulgence and accommodation which his sick- ness required had taught him all the unj^easing and unsocial qualiUes of a valetudinary man.
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