The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... Ancients ( to say the least of them ) had as much Genius as we ; and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly apply'd themfelves not only to that art , but to that ...
... Ancients ( to say the least of them ) had as much Genius as we ; and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly apply'd themfelves not only to that art , but to that ...
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... Ancients : and it will be found true , that in every age , the highest character for sense and learning has been obtain'd by thofe who have been moft indebted to them . For to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , muft have been ...
... Ancients : and it will be found true , that in every age , the highest character for sense and learning has been obtain'd by thofe who have been moft indebted to them . For to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , muft have been ...
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... Ancients shown ; Fancy improves , and Judgment makes your own : For great men's fashions to be follow'd are , Altho ' difgraceful ' tis their clothes to wear . Some in a polish'd ftyle write Paftoral , Arcadia fpeaks the language of the ...
... Ancients shown ; Fancy improves , and Judgment makes your own : For great men's fashions to be follow'd are , Altho ' difgraceful ' tis their clothes to wear . Some in a polish'd ftyle write Paftoral , Arcadia fpeaks the language of the ...
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... Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himself wou'd own thou dost excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself might wish to fing the Dame Whom Windfor - Foreft fees a gliding ...
... Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himself wou'd own thou dost excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself might wish to fing the Dame Whom Windfor - Foreft fees a gliding ...
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... ancient heat ; He shines in Council , thunders in the Fight , And flames with ev'ry fense of great delight . Long has that Poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like Monarchs fparkling on a distant throne ; In all the Majesty of Greek retir ...
... ancient heat ; He shines in Council , thunders in the Fight , And flames with ev'ry fense of great delight . Long has that Poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like Monarchs fparkling on a distant throne ; In all the Majesty of Greek retir ...
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