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Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

"An Essay on Man"


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An Essay on Man.
Moral essays and satires
by Alexander Pope.

INTRODUCTION.
Pope's life as a writer falls into three periods, answering fairly enough
to the three reigns in which he worked. Under Queen Anne he was an
original poet, but made little money by his verses; under George I. he was
chiefly a translator, and made much money by satisfying the
French-classical taste with versions of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey.


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