The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes, Volume 2Charles Whittingham, 1808 |
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... sense ; Some few in that , but numbers err in this , Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose , Now one in verse makes many more in prose . ' Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go ...
... sense ; Some few in that , but numbers err in this , Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose , Now one in verse makes many more in prose . ' Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go ...
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... sense defac'd : Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools , And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools : In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can or ...
... sense defac'd : Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools , And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools : In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can or ...
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... sense and dulness meet . Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit , And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit . As on the land while here the ocean gains , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory ...
... sense and dulness meet . Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit , And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit . As on the land while here the ocean gains , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory ...
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... sense , their learning to display , And those explain the meaning quite away . You then whose judgment the right course would Know well each ancient's proper character ; [ steer , His fable , subject , scope in every page ; Religion ...
... sense , their learning to display , And those explain the meaning quite away . You then whose judgment the right course would Know well each ancient's proper character ; [ steer , His fable , subject , scope in every page ; Religion ...
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... your flights , Glows while he reads , but trembles as he writes ) To teach vain wits a science little known , To ' admire superior sense , and doubt their own ! PART II . Causes hindering a true judgment . - ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... your flights , Glows while he reads , but trembles as he writes ) To teach vain wits a science little known , To ' admire superior sense , and doubt their own ! PART II . Causes hindering a true judgment . - ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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alike ancient ANTISTROPHE beauty Behold bless'd blessing bliss blush breast breath Cæsar Catiline charms courser creature critics death divine e'er ease EPISTLE Eurydice ev'n eyes fair faith fame fate faults fear fix'd flame folly fools form'd give glory gold gout grace happiness hate heart Heaven hecatomb human judge kings knave laws learn'd learning ligion live lord LORD BOLINGBROKE man's mankind mind moral Muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once pain parterre Phryne plain pleas'd pleasure poets pow'r praise pride proud racter rage reason rich rill rise Rome ruling passion Sappho self-love SEMICHORUS sense shade shine shun Shylock sighs skies slave Smil soft soul spleen taste taught thee thine things thou thought true truth turns Twas tyrant vice virtue weak wealth whate'er whole wise worm