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Cornish Worthies, Volume 1 (of 2

Note 76 — REV. DR. WILLIAM BORLASE, F.R.S.,

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Borlase was a bounteous contributor of minerals for the adornment of Pope's grotto, in which the poet fixed his Cornish friend's name in capital letters, formed of crystals; gracefully saying that he had placed them where they would remind him of the donor—'in the shade, but shining.'

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