The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeG. Routledge and sons, 1870 - 485 Seiten |
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... sense to destroy the rest . Spence tells us that Waller , Spenser , and Dryden were Pope's great favourites , in the order they are named , in his first reading , and till he was about twelve years old . He says himself , that he ...
... sense to destroy the rest . Spence tells us that Waller , Spenser , and Dryden were Pope's great favourites , in the order they are named , in his first reading , and till he was about twelve years old . He says himself , that he ...
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... lucky circumstances ; for , from the moment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth than if he were a prince or a beauty . If he has not very good sense ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit for one man THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
... lucky circumstances ; for , from the moment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth than if he were a prince or a beauty . If he has not very good sense ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit for one man THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
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... sense ) , his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no small danger of becoming a coxcomb : if he has , he will consequently have so much diffidence as not to reap any great satisfaction from his praise ; since , if it be ...
... sense ) , his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no small danger of becoming a coxcomb : if he has , he will consequently have so much diffidence as not to reap any great satisfaction from his praise ; since , if it be ...
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... sense and learning has been obtained by those who have been most indebted to them . For , to say truth , whatever is very good sense , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call learning , is but the knowledge of the sense ...
... sense and learning has been obtained by those who have been most indebted to them . For , to say truth , whatever is very good sense , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call learning , is but the knowledge of the sense ...
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... sense and rhyme together : and what critic can be so unreasonable , as not to leave a man time enough for any more serious employment , or more agree- able amusement ? The only plea I shall use for the favour of the public is , that I ...
... sense and rhyme together : and what critic can be so unreasonable , as not to leave a man time enough for any more serious employment , or more agree- able amusement ? The only plea I shall use for the favour of the public is , that I ...
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