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Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends.

Alexander Pope

1709

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Man's best friend Man and animals Friends Dogs

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1709 Age of Enlightenment

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Alexander Pope

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Pope, Alexander. "To Cromwell, 19 October 1709." Alexander Pope: Selected Letters, edited by Howard Erksine-Hill. Oxford University Press, 2000, no. 16.

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Pope, Alexander. Letter to Henry Cromwell. 19 Oct. 1709.

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