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Pope

lived at Twickenham. (1688–1744.)

“For though not sweeter his own Homer sings,

Yet is his life the more endearing song.”


 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pontius Pilate’s Body-Guard
Pony (A)
Poona
Poor
Poor Jack or John (A)
Poor Man
Poor Richard
Poor Tassel (A)
Poorer than Irus (“Iro pauperior”)
Pop the Question (To)
Pope
Pope
Pope
Pope
Pope Joan
Pope’s Sermon (A)
Pope’s Tiara (The)
Popefigland
Popinjay
Popish Plot
Poplar (The)

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Dying Sayings
Stimulants of Great Men

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