"Accept a miracle; instead of wit,— See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ."
— Miracles

January 1, 1970

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Alexander Pope, to Lord Chesterfield on using his pencil, according to John Taylor, Records of My Life. I. 161, and Oliver Goldsmith in Newbery's Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume I. 57. (1762).