The two most important elements in Alexander Pope's life were his being born a Catholic and his contracting, during his twelfth year, a severe tubercular infection from which he never fully recovered. Because of his Catholicism, Pope was compelled to live outside of London and was not allowed to enroll in a formal university program. ... Pope's reference in Epistle to Dr. ... In his youth he was, moreover, the special favorite of William Wycherley, who encouraged the publication of Pope's Pastorals in Jacob Tonson's Miscellany (1709). ... Pope's masterful translatio...

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