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J.R. Pope

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O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
But when we've practised quite a while
How vastly we improve our style.
—J.R. Pope, A Word of Encouragement (updating Sir Walter Scott's Marmion)

Posted on March 28, 2001 at 1:31 PM

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