The story of English literature for young readers . ure is very beautiful, and as we look at itnow it suggests the days in which it was painted, call-ing up other pictures, other figures, and becomes, asit were, full of life and animation. We can fancyLady Mary, lovely in gauze and satin, v/ith the becom-ing turban, standing in the centre of a large sumptu-ous room with a background of rich drapery, Knel-ler painting in quick careful strokes at his easel nearthe window, while little Pope, eager, admiring andenthusiastic, leans over his chair watching every pen-cil stroke and bit of color laid
The story of English literature for young readers . ure is very beautiful, and as we look at itnow it suggests the days in which it was painted, call-ing up other pictures, other figures, and becomes, asit were, full of life and animation. We can fancyLady Mary, lovely in gauze and satin, v/ith the becom-ing turban, standing in the centre of a large sumptu-ous room with a background of rich drapery, Knel-ler painting in quick careful strokes at his easel nearthe window, while little Pope, eager, admiring andenthusiastic, leans over his chair watching every pen-cil stroke and bit of color laid on. In and out of the scene come the merry, laughingcourt ladies, all of whom Kneller painted; the poetGay, writer of pastorals ; Lord Hervey, who belongedto a race so peculiar that Lady Mary used to say theworld was divided into men, women and Herveys;dignified, critical Mr. Wortley; honest Doctor Garth;perhaps the good-natured German Queen herself. You can fancy them talking the while, not only ofKnellers painting of Lady Marys novel costume but. un^^J^-. Alexander Pope.[ This is the only portrait that was ever drawii of Mr. Pope at full was done without his knowledge, as he was deeply engrossed in conversa-tion with Mr. Allen in the galler\, at Prior Park, by Mr. Hoare, who sat at theother end of the gallery. Pope would never have forgiven the painter had heknown it: he was too sensible of the deformity of his person to altow thewhole of it to be represented. This drawing, therefore, is exceedingly valua-ble as it is an unique of this celebrated poet. — From Warton^s Fdition ofPope, published 1797.] For Young Readers. 289 of London topics of the day; of the new books, sat-ires, poems, Pope saying something sharp andwitty, Lady Mary retorting cleverly ; Lord Hervey,with an air of affectation, saying something reallysensible j Molly Lepell and Miss, or (as they thensaid of a young lady in society,) Mrs. Bellenden la-menting some social disappointment, or comp
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