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Pope, Alexander

  1. An eighteenth-century English poet known for his satiric wit and insistence on the values of classicism in literature: balance, symmetry, and restraint. His best-known poems are “The Rape of the Lock,” “An Essay on Criticism,” and “An Essay on Man.”


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In 1492, Rodrigo bribed 17 of 22 cardinals to vote him into the papacy and became Pope Alexander IV.

A bull exactly similar to the above appears to have been issued by Pope Alexander, on the seventh id.

The emperor promises to keep peace faithfully with pope Alexander and his successors and with the whole Roman church.

A letter of remonstrance was, in the name of the principal Moravian nobles, addressed to Pope Alexander.

Becket's messengers, before the reception of Henry's ambassadors by Pope Alexander, had been admitted to a private interview.

The address of the English prelates to Pope Alexander was more moderate, and drawn with great ability.

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