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But to the world no bugbear is so great, As want of figure and a small estate.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me.
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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
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