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  • Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

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    'Epitaph: On Mr Gay in Westminster Abbey' (1733)

  • The pure and noble, the graceful and dignified, simplicity of language is nowhere in such perfection as in the Scriptures and Homer. The whole book of Job, with regard both to sublimity of thought and morality, exceeds, beyond all comparison, the most noble parts of Homer.

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  • There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

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    Alexander Pope (1806). “The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles”, p.64

  • There is a majesty in simplicity.

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  • Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity.

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    Alexander Pope (2002). “Alexander Pope: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.105, Routledge
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Alexander Pope

  • Born: May 21, 1688
  • Died: May 30, 1744
  • Occupation: Poet
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