Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 61
appearance at this date thereare a good many records. One of his numerous lam-pooners, unkindly enough but very graphically, pictureshim as— Meagre and wan, and steeple crowned,His visage long, his shoulders round;His crippled corse two spindle pegsSupport, instead of human legs;His shrivelled… … AI,EXANDER POPE WHERE POPE STAYED 33 love. He had to be laced up tightly in bodicesmade of stiflE canvas, so that he might hold himselferect, and, says Dr. Johnson, his stature was so low,that to bring him to a level with a common table itwas necessary to raise his seat. But his face was…
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