The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeG. Routledge and sons, 1870 - 485 Seiten |
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... sure , held to everything , but still the exhibition is highly curious , and we know not whether to be most pleased or surprised . The " Rape of the Lock " is the most exquisite specimen of filigree work ever invented . It is admirable ...
... sure , held to everything , but still the exhibition is highly curious , and we know not whether to be most pleased or surprised . The " Rape of the Lock " is the most exquisite specimen of filigree work ever invented . It is admirable ...
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... by no means the universal con- cern of the world , but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets , and of idle men who read there . Yet sure , upon the whole , a bad author BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
... by no means the universal con- cern of the world , but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets , and of idle men who read there . Yet sure , upon the whole , a bad author BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
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Alexander Pope Henry Francis Cary. Yet sure , upon the whole , a bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic ; for a writer's endeavour , for the most part , is to please his readers , and he fails merely through the misfortune of ...
Alexander Pope Henry Francis Cary. Yet sure , upon the whole , a bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic ; for a writer's endeavour , for the most part , is to please his readers , and he fails merely through the misfortune of ...
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... sure to be commended by the best and most knowing , he is as sure of being envied by the worst and most ignorant , which are the majority ; for it is with a fine genius as with a fine fashion , all those are displeased at it who are not ...
... sure to be commended by the best and most knowing , he is as sure of being envied by the worst and most ignorant , which are the majority ; for it is with a fine genius as with a fine fashion , all those are displeased at it who are not ...
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... sure yourself and your own reach to know , How far your genius , taste , and learning go ; Launch not beyond your depth , but be discreet , And mark that point where sense and dulness meet . Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit ...
... sure yourself and your own reach to know , How far your genius , taste , and learning go ; Launch not beyond your depth , but be discreet , And mark that point where sense and dulness meet . Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit ...
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