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... one Age . All that is left us is to recommend our productions by the imitation of the Ancients : and it will be found true , that , in every age , the higheft character for fenfe and learning has been obtain'd by those who have vi PREFACE .
... one Age . All that is left us is to recommend our productions by the imitation of the Ancients : and it will be found true , that , in every age , the higheft character for fenfe and learning has been obtain'd by those who have vi PREFACE .
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Alexander Pope. fenfe and learning has been obtain'd by those who have been molt indebted to them . For , to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , must have been com- mon sense in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the ...
Alexander Pope. fenfe and learning has been obtain'd by those who have been molt indebted to them . For , to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , must have been com- mon sense in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the ...
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... Learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applaufe to pay ; Apolló bids it , and they muft obey . 5 10 15 And yet fo wonderful , fublime a thing , As [ xiii ] A Difcourfe on Paftoral Poetry SPRING, the firft Paftoral.
... Learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applaufe to pay ; Apolló bids it , and they muft obey . 5 10 15 And yet fo wonderful , fublime a thing , As [ xiii ] A Difcourfe on Paftoral Poetry SPRING, the firft Paftoral.
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... learning - very far from thee . Here mofs - grown trees expand the fmalleft leaf ; Here half an acre's corn is half a sheaf ; Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fides , and torrents at their feet ; Or lazy ...
... learning - very far from thee . Here mofs - grown trees expand the fmalleft leaf ; Here half an acre's corn is half a sheaf ; Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fides , and torrents at their feet ; Or lazy ...
Page 92
... Learning , † 215. 3. Judging by parts , and not by the whole , 233 to 288. Critics in Wit , Language , Ver- fification , only , 288. 305. 339 , etc. 4. Being too hard to please , or too apt to admire , # 384. 5. Partiality - too much ...
... Learning , † 215. 3. Judging by parts , and not by the whole , 233 to 288. Critics in Wit , Language , Ver- fification , only , 288. 305. 339 , etc. 4. Being too hard to please , or too apt to admire , # 384. 5. Partiality - too much ...
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Page 117 - Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh. Some valuing those of their own side or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Page 112 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
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Page 145 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 118 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Page 149 - Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes, While ev'ry beam new transient colours flings, Colours that change whene'er they wave their wings.
Page 148 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Page 46 - On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Page 145 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care...
Page 108 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine. And glittering thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.