Poetical Works, Volume 2William Pickering, 1852 |
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... 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.
... 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.
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... numbers judge a poet's song , And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong : In the bright Muse though thousand charms con- spire , Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear ; Not mend ...
... numbers judge a poet's song , And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong : In the bright Muse though thousand charms con- spire , Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear ; Not mend ...
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... numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore , The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar . When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw , The line too labours , and the words move slow : Not so when swift ...
... numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore , The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar . When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw , The line too labours , and the words move slow : Not so when swift ...
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... numbers short excursions tries ; Content if hence th ' unlearn'd their wants may view , The learn'd reflect on what before they knew : Careless of censure , nor too fond of fame ; Still pleas'd to praise , yet not afraid to blame ...
... numbers short excursions tries ; Content if hence th ' unlearn'd their wants may view , The learn'd reflect on what before they knew : Careless of censure , nor too fond of fame ; Still pleas'd to praise , yet not afraid to blame ...
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... number : 1. Of the extent and limits of human reason . 2. Of those arts and sciences , and of the parts of them , which are useful , and therefore at- tainable ; together with those which are unuseful , and therefore unattainable . 3 ...
... number : 1. Of the extent and limits of human reason . 2. Of those arts and sciences , and of the parts of them , which are useful , and therefore at- tainable ; together with those which are unuseful , and therefore unattainable . 3 ...
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