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Alexander Pope. Ir it be a true observation , that for a poet to write happily and well , he must have seen and felt what he describes , and must draw from living models alone ; and if modern times , from their luxury and refinement ...
Alexander Pope. Ir it be a true observation , that for a poet to write happily and well , he must have seen and felt what he describes , and must draw from living models alone ; and if modern times , from their luxury and refinement ...
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... true . The Essay on Man , as it now appears , could at no time have existed in any form very different with respect to its doctrinal tenets from what it is at present ; so that any passages tending to the inculcation of infidel ...
... true . The Essay on Man , as it now appears , could at no time have existed in any form very different with respect to its doctrinal tenets from what it is at present ; so that any passages tending to the inculcation of infidel ...
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... true . I found I could express them more shortly this way than in prose itself ; and nothing is more certain , than that much of the force as well as grace of arguments or instructions depends on their conciseness . I was unable to ...
... true . I found I could express them more shortly this way than in prose itself ; and nothing is more certain , than that much of the force as well as grace of arguments or instructions depends on their conciseness . I was unable to ...
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... true delineation of human nature , or a general , but exact , Map of Man . The first epistle is employed in the management of the first part of this dispute ; and the three following , in the discussion of the second . So that this ...
... true delineation of human nature , or a general , but exact , Map of Man . The first epistle is employed in the management of the first part of this dispute ; and the three following , in the discussion of the second . So that this ...
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... true philosophy has sufficiently exposed : and common sense , as the Poet observes , instructs us to conclude , that our fellow - creatures , placed by Providence as the joint inhabitants of this globe , are designed to be joint sharers ...
... true philosophy has sufficiently exposed : and common sense , as the Poet observes , instructs us to conclude , that our fellow - creatures , placed by Providence as the joint inhabitants of this globe , are designed to be joint sharers ...
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