Excerpt from Greater London, Vol. 1: A Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its Places Parentage and Birth of Alexander Pope - His Education - His Early Admiration for Dryden - His first Essays Poetic Efl'usions - Is introduced to Sir W. Trumbull and Wycherley - His Friendship with the Misses Blount - Translates the Iliad - Talces up his Residence at Chiswick - Publication of the Odyssey - Pope's Narrow Escape from Drowning - Publication of the Miscellanies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.