Word: pope
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Alexander Pope's grave in the Twickenham Church is in a sadly neglected state. There are two tablets in the church, one of which the poet erected to the memory of his parents; but the spot where he is buried is only marked by a small stone with a large...
...telegram from Stuttgart states that King Charles I of Wurtemburg has been converted to the Roman Catholic faith, and was baptized by the Pope on Monday...
There is a very noticeable flavor in these Register articles of the style and habits of thought of the English eighteenth century. Perhaps Dr. Holmes acquired his alleged Pope-like style from the practice of his college days in this sort of writing. If we were to quote certain passages from this book credited to their true authors, we fear we should be held for high treason; for what a ludicrous lowering of dignities there would be! If it were to be known that an overseer of Harvard once penned Horatian stanzas of the following sort, where would all authority...
...have received from the Pope Manufacturing Company an advance copy of their catalogue for 1882. It contains a fine description of their new "Expert Columbia," a model machine, designed as a medium-weight roadster for expert riders. The list of sundries is larger and the prices very reasonable...
...Pope, in giving an audience to the Spanish ambassador, said he regretted the political agitation which had arisen in connection with the proposed pilgrimage of Spaniards to Rome...