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...Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is widely considered to be the best poet of the Augustan age, and perhaps English verse’s best satirist ever. Pope was mostly self-taught having been denied a formal protestant education because of his family...

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...to Captain Lemuel Gulliver On Certain Ladies Celia Prologue (To a Play for Mr. Dennis’s Benefit) Song, by a Person of Quality Verses Left by Mr. Pope On His Grotto at Twickenham On Receiving from the Right Hon. the Lady Frances Shirley a Standish and Two Pens On Beaufort House Gate at Chiswick To Mr. Thomas Southern Epigram (“My Lord complains...”) Epigram (“Yes...

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...nours the Roman Senate had conferred him: It is reported that in our age, Pope Leo the tenth having received advertisement of the taking of the Citi... ...ipped before so goodly a nose, as was that of our King Francis the first. Pope Iulius the second, having sent an ambassador to the King of England t... ..., that himselfe had long before maturely considered them and had told the Pope of them. By which answer so farre from his proposition (which was wit... ...e. Yet is it, that at the last enterview which was at Marseilles betweens Pope Clement the seventh, and Francis the first, our King, it hapned clean... ... up to plead at the bar, whose charge being to make an Oration before the Pope, and having long time before premeditated and con'd the remaineth mute... ...ioned in the booke of Ioachin the Abbat of Calabria, who foretold all the Popes that should ensue, together with their names and shapes: And that of... ...verthelesse we saw that at the enterview, prepared at Merceilles betweene Pope Clement the seventh, and Francis the first, King of France, the King ... ...all necessarie preparation, went him-selfe out of the Towne, and gave the Pope two or three dayes leasure, to make his entrie into it, and to refresh... ...fore he would come to meet him there. Likewise at the meeting of the said Pope with the Emperour at Bologna, the Emperour gave the Pope advantage and...

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... freedom to every peasant who converts to Islam." Bosnian King Stefan Tomasevic to Pope Pius II "...The Porte treated him (the patriarch) as part ... ...sed in the Eucharist). But really it was a clash of authorities and interests - the Pope versus the patriarch of Constantinople, the Romans versus ...

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...e. ‘But it’s a delicious place. I do like Rome, I must say. And as for the Pope, if he wasn’t quite so fat he would be the nicest old fellow in the wo...

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...ith a smile. ‘Consider for example the Tinctura Physicorum, which neither Pope nor Emperor could buy with all his wealth. It was one of the greatest ...

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...d‘s ear, and having many people hang on your every word is certainly an experience in power. But to accept a supervisory job like a bishop or pope i... ...the other great conquerors used the advancement of the state as the reason for their abnormal drive for power. Bin Laidin and some Middle Age popes ... ...e Jews had religious overtones in his otherwise secular war. Whether religious or not, all wars are just. Just ask the generals and kings, the popes ... ...ions the religious power supersedes that of the elected legislators. Iran is a prime example today. And when you look back in history you see popes ... ... caught in unseemly acts, they will generally blame the police, the media or the psychological pressure of the job.. ―Even the Pope g... ...s justified the killing of over 20,000 men, women and children in the French city of Beziers on July 22, 1209 in a ‗crusade‘ authorized by the pope.‖...

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...eived baptism, in consequence of a legation sent by the Roman emperors and pope Evaristus.* * V .R. Eucharistus. A marginal note in the Arundel MS. ad... .... Dur- ing his continuance there, Palladius, the first bishop, was sent by pope Celestine to convert the Scots [the Irish]. But tem- pests and signs f... ... known, the Roman patri- cians, Theodosius and Valentinian, then reigning, pope Celestine sent Patrick to convert the Scots to the faith of the Holy T...

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...eeping assertion, not much to the credit of the sex, if true, though he has Pope to back him. ‘‘Come, Chips, cheer up like a man, and take some hot m...

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...NG 213 JACOBUS H. VAN’T HOFF (1852-1911) Dutch Physical Chemist 216 Proposed the Concept of the three dimensional Carbon Tetrahedron. WILLIAM J. POPE (1870-1939) English Chemist 219 Proposed the Concept of the Asymmetric Nitrogen Atom. UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF THE CARBON ATOM 220 DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 220 THE PERKIN REAC...

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... in person, but this the King refused. He sent his book, therefore, to the Pope, and had the annoyance to receive a dry, cold reply, and to see M. de ... ...olent and cruel sentence upon a book then under the con- sideration of the Pope. M. de La T rappe on his side was much afflicted that his letter had b... ... des Saints’ were declared rash, dangerous, er- roneous—’in globo’—and the Pope excommunicated those who read the book or kept it in their houses. The... ... his sermon by a perfect acquies- cence and submission to the judgment the Pope had just pronounced. Two days afterwards he published his retrac- tion... ...ing way. His friends believed the submission would be so flattering to the Pope, that M. de Cambrai might rely upon advancement to a cardinalship, and... ...t-Simon dinal de Bouillon, who was then at Rome, requesting him to ask the Pope in the name of the King, for a bull summoning the Chapter of Strasbour... ...the King, begging to be allowed to stay a short time, in order to pray the Pope to set aside this rule, and give him permission to succeed to the doye... ...in time, hoping that in the meanwhile Cardinal Cibo might die, or even the Pope himself, whose health had been threatened with ruin for some time. Thi... ...y the shortest road. He was of a charming simplicity and truthfulness. The Pope, upon one occasion, begged the King to lend him Le Notre for some mont...

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..., the hermit of Engaddi, had, in that character, been the correspondent of popes and councils; to whom his letters, full of eloquent fervour, had desc... ...ician, skilled our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the common weal. Pope’s Illiad. “THIS IS A STRANGE TALE, Sir Thomas,” said the sick monarch,... ...ndence of your Order, which, but for the protection of our holy father the Pope, and the necessity of employing your valour in the con- quest of Pales... ...all become the curse of all Europe, the malediction of every one, from the Pope on his throne to the very beggar at the church gate, who, ragged and l... ... Peace! the peace of the Cross—the peace of Holy Church and our Father the Pope!” These various cries of the assailants, contradicting each other, sho... ...I will submit a matter touching the honour of En- gland neither to Prince, Pope, nor Council. Here stands my banner—whatsoever pennon shall be reared ... ...hath in former days lived paramours? I 209 Sir Walter Scott will have the Pope send him an ample remission, and I would not less willingly be interce... ...s his eyes began to sparkle. The prelate hastened to avert his wrath. “The Pope’s consent must doubtless be first attained, and the holy hermit, who i... ... you shut not the door which Heaven opens. The her- mit of Engaddi—he whom Popes and Councils have regarded as a prophet—hath read in the stars that t...

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... the right hand Mr. Lambercier’s closet, with a print representing all the popes, a barometer, a large almanac, the windows of the house (which stood ... ...ble effect on me; my former ab- horrence began to diminish, and looking on popery through the medium of amusement and good living, I easily recon- cil... ...ost dissimi- lar ideas, she took it into her head to take Klupssel for the pope; I thought her mad the first time she told me when I came in, that the... ...ope; I thought her mad the first time she told me when I came in, that the pope had called to see me. I made her explain herself and lost not a moment... ... story to Grimm and Klupssel, who amongst ourselves never lost the name of pope. We gave to the girl in the Rue des Moineaux the name of Pope Joan. Ou...

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...rotestant, and I’m not a Catholic, but I could almost pray for the days of popery to come again—because of the fasts.” As he talked he kept opening dr... ... her watch. “Half-past one,” she stated. “And I have to despatch Alexander Pope to-morrow.” “Pope!” snorted Mr. Elliot. “Who reads Pope, I should like... ... French? You should read Balzac. Then we come to Wordsworth and Coleridge, Pope, Johnson, Addison, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats. One thing leads to anot...

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...he last bone of the chicken—drumsticks, merry-thought, sides’-bones, back, pope’s nose, and all—thanking his dear Angelica; and he felt so much better...

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.... 447 I would the Colledge of the Cardinalls 448 Would chuse him Pope, and carry him to Rome, 449 And set the Triple Crowne vpon his He...

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...istory, and living men, on the faith of Guido Reni’s portrait, condemn the Pope, and know that Beatrice was a most tender victim of infamous passions ...

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...n our hearts too well, to profit by even so humble an ex ample as the ‘No Popery’ riots of Seventeen Hundred and Eighty. However imperfectly those di... ...n redress at any time, if it were not conceded; when you cried “Perish the Pope and all his base adherents; the penal laws against them shall never be... ...ey threw up their hats and cried “Hurrah! not even if we wade in blood; No Popery! Lord George! Down with the Papists—Vengeance on their heads:” when ... ...tween Bloody Marys, and blue cockades, and glori ous Queen Besses, and no Poperys, and Protestant asso ciations, and making of speeches,’ pursued Jo... ...after him, or cried in jest or earnest as it might be, ‘Hurrah Geordie! No Popery!’ At which he would gravely pull off his hat, and bow. When they rea... ...s, he would make a dead stop, and pulling off his hat, cry, ‘Gentlemen, No Popery!’ to which the gentle men would respond with lusty voices, and with... ...of whom he took leave on the steps with this brief parting, ‘Gentlemen, No Popery. Good day. God bless you.’ This being rather a shorter address than ... ...ous oaths; then wiped his heated face upon his neckerchief, and cried, ‘No Popery! I’m a religious man, by G—!’ Gashford had leant back in his chair, ... ...e’s an end of that. Now I want to make one against the Catholics, I’m a No Popery man, and ready to be sworn in. That’s what I’ve come here for.’ ‘Put...

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...s scope. As for eternity, after half an hour of familiar conversation with Pope Julius II. he said, laughing: “If it is absolutely necessary to make a... ... previous existence.” “Oh, if you regard old age in that light,” cried the Pope, “you are in danger on canonization—” “After your elevation to the Pap... ...er, as the man of genius who laid the foundation of our double power,” the Pope said to Don Juan, “deserves this monument. Sometimes, though, at night... ...s with a sponge, and it will be all to begin over again.” Don Juan and the Pope began to laugh; they understood each other. A fool would have gone on ... ...dio or at the delicious Villa Madama; not so Belvidero. He went to see the Pope as pontiff, to be convinced of any doubts that he (Don Juan) entertain... ...g, however, I have thought of my death. I was once the friend of the great Pope Julius II.; and that illustrious Pontiff, fearing lest the excessive e...

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...as noised through all Christendom, and at the last it was noised afore the Pope; and he considering the great good- ness of King Arthur, and of Sir La... ...elot, that was called the most noblest knights of the world, wherefore the Pope called unto him a noble clerk that at that time was there present; the... ...re present; the French book saith, it was the Bishop of Rochester; and the Pope gave him bulls under lead unto King Arthur of England, charging him up... ...gain, and accord with Sir Launcelot. 28 Thomas Malory CHAPTER XIV How the Pope sent down his bulls to make peace, and how Sir Launcelot brought the q... ... the Bishop was come to Joyous Gard, there he shewed Sir Launcelot how the Pope had written to Arthur and unto him, and there he told him the perils i... ...tter recover might come. And now I thank God, said Sir Launcelot, that the Pope hath made her peace; for God knoweth, said Sir Launcelot, I will be a ... ...all not need you, said the Bishop, to dread so much; for wit you well, the Pope must be obeyed, and it were not the Pope’s worship nor my poor honesty... ...or shamed. And then he shewed Sir Launcelot all his writing, both from the Pope and from King Arthur. This is sure enough, said Sir Launcelot, for ful... ... had to Sir Launcelot M y most redoubted king, ye shall understand, by the Pope’s commandment and yours, I have brought to you my lady the queen, as r...

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...essionals like money takers’ boxes at theatres—queer customers those monks—popes, and lord treasurers, and all sorts of old fel lows, with great red ... ...d without any additional rous ing to set out two card tables; the one for Pope Joan, and the The Pickwick Papers 70 other for whist. The whist playe...

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...t- ten, repeated “To-morrow,” and dismissed him with a ges- ture which the Pope Jehan himself would have obeyed, espe- cially as he was like a snail w... ...eria, knew that Emperor, burgraf, nay, even a cardinal about to be elected pope, would willingly for that night have changed places with him, a little... ...d shoulders; I swear it by the power of my tonsure which is as good as the pope’s.” And wishing that the trout should be added to the feast as well as... ...st the cardinal, the more so as at that time it was not known who would be pope, three aspirants having resigned their hoods for the benefit of Christ... ... sides. 19 Droll Stories – Vol. 1 “Ah! my fair one, am I not worthy to be Pope, and better than that, thy lover this evening?” But seeing Imperia tho... ... fool of yourself,” said she. “Go away, you’ll tire yourself.” “I shall be pope, and you shall pay for this!” “Then you are no longer disposed to obey... ...r-green, sempiternal god; from a little monk I would make a king, emperor, pope, and happier than either. There, thou canst put anything to fire and s... ...knee, she whose slipper princes found more to their taste than that of the pope. But he gazed at her in silence, with his eye so lustrous with love, t... ..., but which at the present time would have found him cold as the obit of a pope. Then he drew back towards the end of the bed, afraid of his happiness...

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...y might make. CHAPTER LI How King Mark let do counterfeit letters from the Pope, and how Sir Percivale delivered Sir Tristram out of prison. N ow turn... ... and treason. Lo thus he did: he let make and counterfeit letters from the Pope, and did make a strange clerk to bear them unto King Mark; the which l... ... should make him ready, upon pain of cursing, with his host to come to the Pope, to help to go to Jerusalem, for to make war upon the Saracens. When t... ... Clerk, said Sir Tristram, say thou thus unto King Mark: Since the Apostle Pope hath sent for him, bid him go thither himself; for tell him, traitor k... ...his chamber, and counterfeit letters; and the letters speci- fied that the Pope desired Sir Tristram to come himself, to make war upon the miscreants.... ...t he had raised, for he sent him an oath that he would go himself unto the Pope of Rome to war upon the miscreants; and this is a fairer war than thus...

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...f the Living Rosary (of which I had never previously heard) is respon- sible for that. This Association was founded, according to the printed advertis... ...elief, it seems to have been founded, sometime other, by the Virgin giving one rosary to Saint Dominic, and the Infant Saviour giving another to Saint...

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...erior, the abbot, the bishop, the 129 Balzac general of an order, and the pope were then chosen consci- entiously for their fitness for the requireme... ... But Napoleon, who was respected East and West, and called ‘My Son’ by the Pope, and ‘My dear Father’ by Mahomet’s cousin, makes up his mind to have h... ...ith, France gave herself to him, like a handsome girl to a lancer, and the Pope and all his cardinals in robes of red and gold come across the Alps on... ...recognize the Bishops appointed by the authorities with the consent of the Pope. This little body of the faithful was called the Little Church; and th...

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...pwards, and had no near relatives. 48 Modern Broods Mr. Flight was Saint, Pope and hero to both, and Mena knew little beyond the horizon of St. Kenel...

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...t: A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of Communism. All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police- spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as Communistic by its opponents in power? Where the Opposition that has not hurled bac...

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...s of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German po lice...

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...Theaet.) To such disputes the humour, whether of Plato in the ancient, or of Pope and Swift in the modern world, is the natural enemy. Nor must we for...

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...ind the younger Marius one while a son of Mars and another a son of Venus. Pope Boniface VIII. entered, it is said, into his Papacy like a fox, behave... ...hom he was advanced and employed in commands of great trust and honour, as Pope Clement VII., give ample testimony. As to that part which he thinks hi... .... Mohammed, the second of that name, emperor of the T urks, writing to our Pope Pius II., “I am astonished,” says he, “that the Italians should ap- pe...

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... shift as ye can, ye shall bear this lady with you on horse- back unto the Pope of Rome, and of him receive your pen- ance for your foul deeds; and ye... ... departed. And as it telleth in the French book, when he came to Rome, the Pope bade him go again unto Queen Guenever, and in Rome was his lady buried... ...e him go again unto Queen Guenever, and in Rome was his lady buried by the Pope’s commandment. And after this Sir Pedivere fell to great goodness, and...

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... Or, Every Poet his own Aristotle.’ Thou shalt believe in Milton, Dryden, Pope; Thou shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey; Because... ...for a balloon? ‘Pedlars,’ and ‘Boats,’ and ‘Waggons!’ Oh! ye shades Of Pope and Dryden, are we come to this? That trash of such sort not alone... ...ferment get; His singing I no further trust can place in: From all the Pope makes yearly ‘t would perplex To find three perfect pipes of the t... ...ery words of Creech)— Thus Horace wrote we all know long ago; And thus Pope quotes the precept to re teach From his translation; but had none ... ...he precept to re teach From his translation; but had none admired, Would Pope have sung, or Horace been inspired? Baba, when all the damsels wer... ...d, ‘It grieved him, but he could not stoop To any shoe, unless it shod the Pope.’ Baba, indignant at this ill timed pride, Made fierce remonst... ...ch in fashion, Or duchess, princess, empress, ‘deigns to prove’ (‘T is Pope’s phrase) a great longing, though a rash one, For one especial per... ... to shine, Deck’d by the rays reflected from his host, With those who, Pope says, ‘greatly daring dine.’ ‘T is odd, but true,—last war the New... ... his persuasion; Since he was sure his mother would fall sick, And the Pope thunder excommunication, If—’ But here Adeline, who seem’d to piqu...

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...nglish History of France; a great deal in Plutarch’s Lives, the Atalantis, Pope’s Homer, Dryden’s Plays, Chillingworth, the Countess D’Aulnois, and Lo... ...ly blameable in one Mr. Moore, who, having formerly borrowed some lines of Pope and com pany, took the liberty to transcribe six of them into his pla... ...he liberty to transcribe six of them into his play of the Rival Modes. Mr. Pope, however, very luckily found them in the said play, and, laying violen... ... religion to your interest,” cries the exciseman; “and are desirous to see popery brought in, are you?” “Not I, truly,” answered the other; “I hate ... ...f novels, which, like this I am writing, is of the comic class. What Mr. Pope says of women is very applicable to most in this station, who are, ind... ...t solemn protestation, “That he was no more the fa ther of Jones than the Pope of Rome;” and imprecated the most bitter curses on his head, if he did...

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...n light upon the planet by the Spirits.—Denunciation of the avarice of the Popes. ...................................................... 70 CANTO XIX.... ...ory of Joshua within the Holy Land, which little touches the memory of the Pope. “Thy city, which is plant of him who first turned his back on his Mak... ... only of the Decretals, 34 as is appar- ent by their margins. On this the Pope and the Cardinals are intent; their thoughts go not to Nazareth, there... ...ed of texts of Scripture, of the Canons of the Church, of Decretals of the Popes, and of extracts from the Fathers, designed to show the agreement of ... ...aps, because his father was neither noble nor famous. 21 In or about 1210 Pope Innocent III. approved the Rule of St. Francis. 22 “The head of the f... ...e of Rome is due not to the fault of the Church itself, but to that of the Pope. 22 Not for license to compound for unjust acquisitions by de. voting... ... repute. He was made Cardinal Bishop of T usculum in 1273, and was elected Pope in 1276, taking the name of John XXI. He was killed in May, 1277, by t... ...er in which he was sleeping in the Papal palace at Viterbo. He is the only Pope of recent times whom Dante meets in Paradise. 35 The famous doctor of... ...her of Bartolommeo, and finally his successor as lord of Verona. 7 Before Pope Clement V., under whom the Papal seat was established at Avignon, shal...

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...o the church Were separate those, that with no hairy cowls Are crown’d, both Popes and Cardinals, o’er whom Av’rice dominion absolute maintains.” ... ... monument we stood retir’d, Whereon this scroll I mark’d: “I have in charge Pope Anastasius, whom Photinus drew From the right path.—Ere our descent ... ...into divers waves. Spenser, F.Q. b. iv. c. 1. st. 42. v. 48. Popes and cardinals.] Ariosto, having personified Avarice as a strange a... ... Worse did she in the court of Rome, for there She had slain Popes and Cardinals. v. 91. By necessity.] This sentiment called forth t... ...s for the Ghibellini. v. 132. Her gracious beam.] Beatrice. CANTO XI v. 9. Pope Anastasius.] The commentators are not agreed concerning the identity... ...rbo in Italy (whither he was come about business which he had to do with the Pope) by the hand of Guy de Montfort, the son of Simon de Montfort, Earl... ... Frederick believe that he held a secret and traitorous intercourse with the Pope, who was then at enmity with the Emperor. In consequence of this sup... ...pace was quicker than ours. v. 29. E’en thus the Romans.] In the year 1300, Pope Boniface VIII., to remedy the inconvenience occasioned by the press ... ...quence, as it should seem, of a prophecy, which predicted the death of that Pope at a later period. Boniface died in 1303. v. 58. In guile.] “Thou ...

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...adre Paolo, the great unmasker of the Trentine Council. After which time the Popes of Rome, engrossing what they pleased of political rule into their ... ... of truth which we enjoy, especially in those main points between us and the Pope, with his appurtenances the prelates: but he who thinks we are to pi... ...n, that many be tolerated, rather than all compelled. I mean not toler ated popery, and open superstition, which, as it extir pates all religions an...

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...stian faith. He had to wait for many years, and, in that time, he was made Pope, namely, Father- Bishop of Rome. At last he heard that one of the chie... ...n rooted up, and William’s standard—a cross, which had been blessed by the Pope—planted instead of it. So ended the battle of Hastings, in the year 10... ... last a pilgrim, named Peter the Hermit, came home, and got leave from the Pope to try to go to the Holy Land, and fight to get the Holy Sepulchre bac... ...hat the Mahommedans in the Holy Land had won Jerusalem back again; and the Pope called on all Christian princes to leave off quarreling, and go on a c... ...g of France did his best to hinder the emperor from releasing him; but the Pope insisted that the brave crusader should be set at liberty: and Richard... ... in England, when he quar- 35 Charlotte M. Yonge reled with the Pope, whose name was Innocent, about who should be archbishop of Canterbury... ...hose name was Innocent, about who should be archbishop of Canterbury . The Pope wanted a man named Stephen Langton to be archbishop, but the king swor... ...bishop, but the king swore he should never come into the kingdom. Then the Pope pun- ished the kingdom, by forbidding all church services in all paris... ...rance to come to attack him, he thought it time to make his peace with the Pope. So he not only consented to receive Stephen Langton, but he even knel...

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...great mound of stones. But some ave said, that afterwards, by command of the Pope. the Bishop of Cosenza took up his body and sent it out of the king... .... See G. Villani, 1. viii. c. 18. and notes to Canto VII. v. 122. Clement.] Pope Clement IV. v. 127. The stream of Verde.] A river near Ascoli, that... ...father in the neighbourhood of Florence, and he was afterwards patronized by Pope Benedict XI and Robert King of Naples, and enjoyed the society and ... ...f magistrate, as the commentators explain it. v. 103. Who.] He compares the Pope, on account of the union of the temporal with the spiritual power in... ... family of Fieschi Counts of Lavagna, died thirty nine days after he became Pope, with the title of Adrian V, in 1276. v. 98. That stream.] The ri... ...69. Another Charles.] Charles of Valois, brother of Philip IV, was sent by Pope Boniface VIII to settle the disturbed state of Florence. In conse q... ...tthias’s ed. v. i. p. 115. v. 23. He was of Tours.] Simon of Tours became Pope, with the title of Martin IV in 1281 and died in 1285. v. 29. Ubal... ...ant to figure Philip IV of France. v. 155. Dragg’d on.] The removal of the Pope’s residence from Rome to Avignon is pointed at. CANTO XXXIII v. 1. ... ...ror of Germany will not always continue to submit to the usurpations of the Pope, and foretells the coming of Henry VII Duke of Luxembourg signified...

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...e-and-twenty of our 22 Catherine: A Story fellows jumped after me. By the Pope of Rome, friend Tummas, that was a day!—Had you seen how the Mounseers... ...a certain Devereux; and Mrs. Catherine maitresse en titre to Mr. Alexander Pope, Doctor Sacheverel, Sir John Reade the oculist, Dean Swift, or Marshal... ...he act of reading “Gulliver’s Travels” to Gay, Arbuthnot, Bolingbroke, and Pope. Two fellows are sitting shuddering under a doorway; to one of them To...

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...uch legal powers over the bodies of their fellow-citizens as neither king, pope, nor parliament dare ever have claimed. The Inquisition itself was a L...

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...en they were sometimes in danger of trouble on account of their zeal against popery. They had got an English Bible, and to conceal and secure it, it w... ...in pleasing your hearers, or to persuade those whose concurrence you desire. Pope says, judiciously: “Men should be taught as if you taught them... ...all I could to dissuade him from it, but he continued scribbling verses till Pope cured him. He became, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 37 how... ...ion of three hundred a year; that his reputation was indeed small as a poet, Pope having damned his poetry in the Dunciad; but his prose was thought a...