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    Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most...
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    Pope Alexander VI (born Rodrigo de Borja; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) (epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian") was head of the Catholic Church and ruler...
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    Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland (Italian: Rolando), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from...
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  • popes and one antipope named Alexander. Pope Alexander I (c. 75 – c. 115), reigned c. 107 – c. 115 Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (fl. 313–326) Pope Alexander...
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    Pope Alexander VII (Italian: Alessandro VII; 13 February 1599 – 22 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal...
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    Pope Alexander VIII (Italian: Alessandro VIII; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of...
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    Pope Alexander IV (1199 or c. 1185 – 25 May 1261) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 December 1254 to his death. He...
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    Pope Alexander I (Greek: Αλέξανδρος, c. 75–80 AD – c. 115) was the bishop of Rome from c. 107 until his death c. 115. The Holy See's Annuario Pontificio...
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  • Alexander Pope (1688–1744) was an English poet. Alexander Pope may also refer to: Alexander Pope (actor) (1763–1835), Irish actor and painter Alexander...
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    1058–1061) Pope Alexander III (pope 1159–1181) Pope Alexander IV (pope 1243–1254) Pope Alexander V ("Peter Philarges" c. 1339–1410) Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503)...
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    Pope Alexander II (1010/1015 – 21 April 1073), born Anselm of Baggio, was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1061...
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  • nature and role of the pastoral, primarily between Ambrose Philips and Alexander Pope, and then between their followers, but such a controversy was only possible...
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    The Tomb of Pope Alexander VII is a sculptural monument designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is located in the...
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    competitive, comparing painting and sculpture. 18th-century British poet Alexander Pope was partial to ut pictura poesis. He considered both painting and poetry...
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  • βάθος, lit. "depth") is a literary term, first used in this sense in Alexander Pope's 1727 essay "Peri Bathous", to describe an amusingly failed attempt...
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    Western Schism by recognising the Roman popes, as legitimate. Gregory XII's reign was extended to 1415, and Alexander V is now regarded as an antipope. Peter...
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    considered to be true popes. Alexander: Antipope Alexander V (1409–1410) was listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a legitimate pope until the 20th century...
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    The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father'), also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff or sovereign pontiff...
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  • of knowledge of art and science, it was popularized by a couplet in Alexander Pope's 1711 poem "An Essay on Criticism": "A little learning is a dang'rous...
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  • Pope Alexander of Alexandria may refer to: Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria in 313–326 or 328 Pope Alexander II of Alexandria,...
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    depict his brother Robert, is adorned with the phrase. In The Dunciad, Alexander Pope writes of John Henley that he "turned his rhetoric to buffoonry" by...
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    Pope's villa was the residence of Alexander Pope at Twickenham, then a village west of London in Middlesex. He moved there in 1719 and created gardens...
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  • Pastorals were some of the first poetical works of Alexander Pope to appear in print, when they were published in the sixth part of Jacob Tonson's Poetical...
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  • Alexander Pope (1763 – 22 March 1835) was an Irish actor and painter. He was born in Cork, Ireland. He was educated to follow his father's profession of...
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    The Rape of the Lock (category Works by Alexander Pope)
    The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope. One of the most commonly cited examples of high burlesque, it was first...
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  • Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? (category Works by Alexander Pope)
    "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" is a quotation from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" of January 1735. It alludes to "breaking on the wheel"...
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  • automobile manufacturer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English poet Alexander Pope (actor) (1763–1835), Irish actor and painter Anson W. Pope (1812–1871), American...
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    former walled kitchen garden. The author and poet Alexander Pope lived at what is now called Pope's Manor in Popeswood with his parents when he was young...
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    Alexander Pope Jr. (March 25, 1849 – September 9, 1924) was an American artist, both in paint and wood carving, mostly of sporting and still life subjects...
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    John Alexander Pope (4 August 1906 – 18 September 1982) was a prominent scholar of Asian art, particularly Chinese and Japanese blue-and-white ceramics...
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