The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes, Volume 2Charles Whittingham, 1808 |
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... alone expose , Now one in verse makes many more in prose . ' Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go just alike , yet each beli yes his ow VOL . II . B BIBL . UNIV . GENT In poets as true genius is but rare , True.
... alone expose , Now one in verse makes many more in prose . ' Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go just alike , yet each beli yes his ow VOL . II . B BIBL . UNIV . GENT In poets as true genius is but rare , True.
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... alike from Heaven derive their light , These born to judge , as well as those to write . Let such teach others who themselves excel , And censure freely who have written well . Authors are partial to their wit , ' tis true , But are not ...
... alike from Heaven derive their light , These born to judge , as well as those to write . Let such teach others who themselves excel , And censure freely who have written well . Authors are partial to their wit , ' tis true , But are not ...
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... alike , without distinction gay ; But true expression , like the ' unchanging sun , Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon ; It gilds all objects , but it altars none . Expression is the dress of thought , and still Appears more ...
... alike , without distinction gay ; But true expression , like the ' unchanging sun , Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon ; It gilds all objects , but it altars none . Expression is the dress of thought , and still Appears more ...
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... Alike fantastic if too new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried , Nor yet the last to lay the old aside . } But most by numbers judge a poet's song , And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong : In the bright Muse ...
... Alike fantastic if too new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried , Nor yet the last to lay the old aside . } But most by numbers judge a poet's song , And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong : In the bright Muse ...
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... all his laws , And is himself that great sublime he draws , Thus long succeeding critics justly reign'd , .. Licence repress'd , and useful laws ordain'd : Learning and Rome alike in empire grew , And arts 22 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... all his laws , And is himself that great sublime he draws , Thus long succeeding critics justly reign'd , .. Licence repress'd , and useful laws ordain'd : Learning and Rome alike in empire grew , And arts 22 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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