The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes, Volume 2Charles Whittingham, 1808 |
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... reason to admire . Then Criticism the Muse's handmaid prov'd , To dress her charms , and make her more belov'd : But following wits from that intention stray'd ; Who could not win the mistress , woo'd the maid ; Against the poets their ...
... reason to admire . Then Criticism the Muse's handmaid prov'd , To dress her charms , and make her more belov'd : But following wits from that intention stray'd ; Who could not win the mistress , woo'd the maid ; Against the poets their ...
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... reason drives that cloud away , Truth breaks upon us with resistless day . Trust not yourself ; but your defects to know , Make use of every friend - and every foe . A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep , or taste not the ...
... reason drives that cloud away , Truth breaks upon us with resistless day . Trust not yourself ; but your defects to know , Make use of every friend - and every foe . A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep , or taste not the ...
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... reason and conclude by precedent , And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors ' names , not works , and then Nor praise nor blame the writings , but the men . Of all this servile herd , the worst is he That ...
... reason and conclude by precedent , And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors ' names , not works , and then Nor praise nor blame the writings , but the men . Of all this servile herd , the worst is he That ...
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... reason on his side ? Such once were critics ; such the happy few Athens and Rome in better ages knew . The mighty Stagirite first left the shore , Spread all his sails , and durst the deeps explore ; He steer'd securely , and discover'd ...
... reason on his side ? Such once were critics ; such the happy few Athens and Rome in better ages knew . The mighty Stagirite first left the shore , Spread all his sails , and durst the deeps explore ; He steer'd securely , and discover'd ...
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... reasons . The one will appear obvious ; that principles , maxims , or precepts , so written , both strike the reader more strongly at first , and are more easily retained by him afterwards : the other may seem odd , but it is true ; I ...
... reasons . The one will appear obvious ; that principles , maxims , or precepts , so written , both strike the reader more strongly at first , and are more easily retained by him afterwards : the other may seem odd , but it is true ; I ...
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