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" But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess... "
Elements of art, a poem - Page 156
by sir Martin Archer Shee - 1809
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find; 175 That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness. This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 180 Just writes...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 17

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The wretch *, whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, "Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes...
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History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The wretch *, whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes...
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The Works, Volume 24

Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 pages
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The wretch t, who pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale } for half a crown, for Pope's...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find, 175 But each man's secret standard in his mind. That casting weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 180 Just writes...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find, ' 17* But each man's secret standard in his mind. That cas.ting weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify? for who can guess? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a-crown, 180 Just writes...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify? for who can guess? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for halt-a-crown, Just writes to...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 40

John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; 175 But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 180 Just writes...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The hard whom piltbr'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian talc for hall-a-crown, Just writes to...
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Elements of Art, a Poem in Six Cantos: With Notes and a Preface, Including ...

Martin Archer Shee - Aesthetics - 1809 - 442 pages
...virtue to revere, the higher achievements of genins ; who sunk in hopeless insignificance, shew all the meanness without the ingenuity of a mechanic,-...Persons of this description have no interest in the advancemi-lit of the Art, except as it may concern themselves ; they feel no desire for advantages...
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