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Private Collection."></a><br><br> <font size=+1><img src="popetit2.gif" alt="Alexander Pope (1688-1744)" border="0" hspace="1"></font><br><br> </center> <p align=justify><b>Welcome to the <i>Luminarium</i> Alexander Pope page. </b><br><br> Here you will find a <a href="popebio.php">biography</a>, <A HREF="popequotes.htm">quotes</a>, <a href="popebib.php">works</a>, <a href="http://www.luminarium.org/eightlit/pope/popeessays.htm">essays and articles</a>, and various <a href="popeadd.php">study resources</a>. All of these can be accessed from the navigation bar at the top. <br><br> The sidebar on the right has links to other Restoration and 18th-century authors. 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