Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get…

Alexander Pope
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Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place. ✨ 'Imitations of Horace' Horace bk. 1, Epistle 1 (1738) l. 103
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Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place. ✨ 'Imitations of Horace' Horace bk. 1, Epistle 1 (1738) l. 103

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