6 Matching Annotations
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Sterne
Laurence Sterne, a novelist and satirist known for Tristram Shandy
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Prior
Matthew Prior, an English poet preceding Pope known for his lyricism
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Pope
Alexander Pope, an English neoclassical poet who was well known for his satire. Perhaps this invocation of Pope is a nod to the novel's own tone
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Milton
John Milton, an Elizabethan poet who is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost
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shops were to be visited; some new part of the town to be looked at;
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Pump-room
A room where one may receive mineral water to drink; this practice grew popular in Bath in the 18th century for "fashionable crowds" to heal their ailments with the mineral water. Read more and see images here
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