The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... rule , does not correct , but corrupt his author : and therefore , since most books worth reading have now good impressions , it is a folly to devote too much time to this branch of criticism ; it is ridiculous to make it the supreme ...
... rule , does not correct , but corrupt his author : and therefore , since most books worth reading have now good impressions , it is a folly to devote too much time to this branch of criticism ; it is ridiculous to make it the supreme ...
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... rules of candour and humanity : writers may be told of their errours , provided it be with the decency and tenderness of a friend , not the malice and passion of an enemy ; boys may be whipped into sense , but men are to guided with ...
... rules of candour and humanity : writers may be told of their errours , provided it be with the decency and tenderness of a friend , not the malice and passion of an enemy ; boys may be whipped into sense , but men are to guided with ...
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... rules the tides ! And lo ! they march amid the deafening roar Of tumbling seas ! they mount the adverse shore ! Advance , ye chosen tribes ! -Arabia's sands , Lonely , uncomfortable lands ! Void of fountain , void of rain , Oppose their ...
... rules the tides ! And lo ! they march amid the deafening roar Of tumbling seas ! they mount the adverse shore ! Advance , ye chosen tribes ! -Arabia's sands , Lonely , uncomfortable lands ! Void of fountain , void of rain , Oppose their ...
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... rule the coursers of the Sun , Or lash the lazy sign , Bootes , on ? Dost thou instruct the eagle how to fly , To mount the viewless winds , and tower the sky ? On sounding pinions borne , he soars , and shrouds His proud aspiring head ...
... rule the coursers of the Sun , Or lash the lazy sign , Bootes , on ? Dost thou instruct the eagle how to fly , To mount the viewless winds , and tower the sky ? On sounding pinions borne , he soars , and shrouds His proud aspiring head ...
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... rules , Like Turkish zealots , reverence none but fools . But praise from such injurious tongues is shame ; They rail the happy author into fame : Thus Phoebus through the zodiac takes his way , And rises amid monsters into day . Oh ...
... rules , Like Turkish zealots , reverence none but fools . But praise from such injurious tongues is shame ; They rail the happy author into fame : Thus Phoebus through the zodiac takes his way , And rises amid monsters into day . Oh ...
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