 And speak, tho' sure, with seeming diffidence: Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; But you, with pleasure own your errors past, And make each day a Critic on the last.  Politeness and Poetry in the Age of Pope - Page 123by Thomas M. Woodman - 1989 - 166 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...not enough, your counfel ftill be true ; Blunt truths more mifchief than nice falfhoods do ; Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown...as things forgot. Without good breeding, truth is dif-approv'd ; • That only makes fuperior fenfe belov'd. Be niggards of advice on no pretence ; For... | |
 | English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...not enough, your counfel ftill be true; Blunt truths more mifchief than nice falftioods do; Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown...as things forgot. Without good breeding, truth is dif-approv'd; That only makes fuperior fenfe belov'd. Be niggards of advice on no pretence; For the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...Blunt truths more mifchief than nice falmoods do ; Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, 575 And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. Without Good Breeding, truth is difapprov'd ; That only makes fuperior fenfe belov'd. Be niggards of advice on no pretence ; For the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...Blunt truths more mifchief than nice falfhoods do ; Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, 575 And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. Without Good Breeding, truth is difapprov'd ; That only makes fuperior fenfe belov'd. Be niggards of advice on no pretence ; For the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...Blunt truths more mifchief than nice falfhoods do ; Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, 57; And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. Without Good Breeding, truth is difapprov'd ; That only makes fuperior fenfe belov'd. Be niggards of advice on no pretence : For the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...not enough your counfel ftill be true; Blunt truths more mifchief than nice falfhoods do; Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown pro.pos'd, as things forgot, 575 Without Good-Breeding, truth is difapprov'd ; That only makes fuperior fenfe belov'd. Be niggards... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...not enough your counfel ftill be true ; Blunt truths more mifchiefthan nicefalfhoods do ; Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. 575 Without Good-Breeding, truth is difapprov'd ; That only makes fuperior fenfe belov'd. Be niggards... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...enriched his precepts, that pleafure might allure the one, and keep the other in countenance, Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. POPE. Knowledge that is conveyed thus indireftly, and with. out the appearance of a dictator, will... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...enriched his precepts, that pkafure might allure the one, *•"* keep the other in countenance. Men muft be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. POPE. Knowledge that is conveyed thus indireftly, and without the appearance of a diftator, will be... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...always so; But you, with pleasure own your errors past, 570 And make each day a critique en the last. 'Tis not enough your counsel still be true : Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things... | |
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