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Scarce any Tale was sooner heard than told;And all who told it, added something new,And all who heard it, made Enlargements too,In evry Ear it spread, on evry Tongue it grew.   Pope, Alexander


 

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Source: ALEXANDER POPE, Temple of Fame, lines 46972, Poems of Alexander Pope, ed. Geoffrey Tillotson, vol. 2, p. 269 . · This quote is tagged Uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Help your friends discover QB

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Alexander Pope (May 22, 1688 May 30, 1744) is considered one of the greatest English poets of the eighteenth century. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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