"No man living better deserves the character of an honest and ingenious man; no one I would sooner depend upon for all the parts of a good writer and good friend—free from the vanities and weaknesses of both; whose honour and trust, I dare say, are as sacred as his writings are blameless in morality, and whose life and conduct are as correct as they."
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Alexander Pope, letter to William Broome (23 August 1726), in The Works of Alexander Pope: Correspondence (1872), pp. 124–125
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Elijah Fenton
Elijah Fenton (20 May 1683 – 16 July 1730) was an English poet, biographer and translator.
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