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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10), Poetry - Volume 2

Note 1554 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)

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This is the Greek expression, πλατυς γελως, broad or wide laughter, derived, I presume, from the greater aperture of the mouth in loud laughter.—Wakefield.

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