Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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Page 142
... leaves of the poets ' books ; yet , think I , when this is granted , they will find their sentence may , with good ... leave those and please an ill - pleased eye with wanton shows of better hidden matters . But , what ! Shall the ...
... leaves of the poets ' books ; yet , think I , when this is granted , they will find their sentence may , with good ... leave those and please an ill - pleased eye with wanton shows of better hidden matters . But , what ! Shall the ...
Page 176
... leaving the town almost empty , some took towards the park , some cross the river , others down it - all seeking the noise in the depth of silence . Among the rest , it was the fortune of Eugenius , Crites , Lisideius , and Neander to ...
... leaving the town almost empty , some took towards the park , some cross the river , others down it - all seeking the noise in the depth of silence . Among the rest , it was the fortune of Eugenius , Crites , Lisideius , and Neander to ...
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... Leave dangerous truths to unsuccessful satires , And flattery to fulsome dedicators , Whom , when they praise , the world believes no more , Than when they promise to give scribbling o'er . ' Tis best sometimes your censure to restrain ...
... Leave dangerous truths to unsuccessful satires , And flattery to fulsome dedicators , Whom , when they praise , the world believes no more , Than when they promise to give scribbling o'er . ' Tis best sometimes your censure to restrain ...
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