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Alexander Pope Alice birth Bishop of Chester brother Burdet Burfit Hall Christopher Newton Church claim clergyman Collections concerning conjecture Cooper county of York death Deddington died diocese of Winchester Dodd Doncaster Earl of Downe Edith elder eldest Elizabeth England evidence executor Fawsley Founders gentle blood gentleman gentry gives Heralds honour Ichen-Abbots John Charles Brooke John Croke John del Pike Joseph Warton Lady Lancelot Turner letter living London manor of Ruston manor of Towthorpe marriage married Martha merchant mother name of Pope nephew Oxford Oxfordshire parish person Poet Poet's father Poet's grandfather Pope's possessed posthumous child Potenger's probably profession rank Rector of Thruxton relationship to Pope rent-charge resided respecting Richard Mawhood Rockley says service of King seventeen children Sir Thomas Pope Sir William Alford sister Somerset Herald Thomasine Newton Thomasine Turner Vanden Walter Pope wapentake wapentake of Bulmer Warton wife Wilkins William Turner Worsborough Yorkshire younger
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Page 5 - A sign-post likeness of the human race. That is at once resemblance and disgrace. Horace can laugh, is delicate, is clear, You only coarsely rail, or darkly sneer; His style is elegant, his diction pure, Whilst none thy crabbed numbers can endure; Hard as thy heart, and as thy birth obscure.
Page 8 - But as to my father, I could assure you, my lord, that he was no mechanic (neither a hatter, nor, which might please your lordship yet better, a cobbler), but, in truth, of a very tolerable family ; and my mother of an ancient one, as well born and educated as that lady, whom your lordship made choice of to be the mother of your own children...
Page 6 - I hear that Pope is dead, but suppose it is a mistake, since your ladyship has never mentioned it. If it is so, I have some small curiosity for the disposition of his affairs, and to whom he has left the enjoyment of his pretty house at Twickenham, which was in his power to dispose for only one year after his decease.
Page 7 - Unspotted names, and memorable long! If there be force in virtue, or in song. Of gentle blood (part shed in honour's cause, While yet in Britain honour had applause) Each parent sprung— A.