The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1853 |
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Page 7
... 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 ...
Page 11
... 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 OF POPE . 11.
... 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 OF POPE . 11.
Page 18
... ne'er advance a judgment of their own , But catch the spreading notion of the town ; They reason and conclude by precedent , And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors ' names , not works , 18 THE POEMS.
... ne'er advance a judgment of their own , But catch the spreading notion of the town ; They reason and conclude by precedent , And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors ' names , not works , 18 THE POEMS.
Page 27
... reason on his side ? Such once were critics ; such the happy few Athens and Rome in better ages knew . The mighty Stagyrite 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 Stagyrite first left the shore , Spread all his sails , and durst the deeps explore ; He steer'd securely , and discover'd ...
Page 33
... unintelligible , and in form- ing a temperate , yet not inconsistent , and a short , yet not imperfect , system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I chose VOL . II . 33 34 verse , and even rhyme , for two reasons.
... unintelligible , and in form- ing a temperate , yet not inconsistent , and a short , yet not imperfect , system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I chose VOL . II . 33 34 verse , and even rhyme , for two reasons.
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