The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,, 3. köideC. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... merits were to be decided only by their rivals . It is on the general opinion of persons of taste and judgment that their individual esti- mation must ultimately rest , and if the public were excluded from judging , poets might write ...
... merits were to be decided only by their rivals . It is on the general opinion of persons of taste and judgment that their individual esti- mation must ultimately rest , and if the public were excluded from judging , poets might write ...
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... merit fame , And justly bear a Critic's noble name , Be sure yourself and your own reach to know , How far your genius , taste , and learning go ; Launch not beyond your depth , but be discreet , 50 And mark that point where sense and ...
... merit fame , And justly bear a Critic's noble name , Be sure yourself and your own reach to know , How far your genius , taste , and learning go ; Launch not beyond your depth , but be discreet , 50 And mark that point where sense and ...
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... merit that praise that is due to every thing which attains its end . 3. Because sometimes a great beauty is not to be procured , nor a notorious blemish to be avoided , but NOTES . tant la base si massive , et les murailles si espaisses ...
... merit that praise that is due to every thing which attains its end . 3. Because sometimes a great beauty is not to be procured , nor a notorious blemish to be avoided , but NOTES . tant la base si massive , et les murailles si espaisses ...
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... merit superior to that of Dryden ! and had no relish for an author , who , 66 Omnes 1 Extinxit stellas , exortus uti ætherius sol . " Lucret . Warton . Ver . 395. The Ancients only , ] A very sensible Frenchman says , " En un mot ...
... merit superior to that of Dryden ! and had no relish for an author , who , 66 Omnes 1 Extinxit stellas , exortus uti ætherius sol . " Lucret . Warton . Ver . 395. The Ancients only , ] A very sensible Frenchman says , " En un mot ...
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... fit , The current folly prov'd their ready wit ; And authors thought their reputation safe , Which liv'd as long as fools were pleas'd to laugh . Fondly we think we honour merit then , When we 110 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... fit , The current folly prov'd their ready wit ; And authors thought their reputation safe , Which liv'd as long as fools were pleas'd to laugh . Fondly we think we honour merit then , When we 110 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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