The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... fenfe , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the knowlegde of the fenfe of our predeceffors . Therefore they who fay our thoughts are not our own because they resemble the Ancients , may as well ...
... fenfe , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the knowlegde of the fenfe of our predeceffors . Therefore they who fay our thoughts are not our own because they resemble the Ancients , may as well ...
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... fenfe and rhyme together ; and what Critic can be fo unreasonable as not to leave a man time enough for any more ferious employment , or more agreeable amusement ? The only plea I fhall use for the favour of the publick , is , that I ...
... fenfe and rhyme together ; and what Critic can be fo unreasonable as not to leave a man time enough for any more ferious employment , or more agreeable amusement ? The only plea I fhall use for the favour of the publick , is , that I ...
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... , or the infult of the unfortunate . If I have written well , let it be confider'd that ' tis what no man can do without good fenfe , a quality that not only renders one capable of being a good writer , but a good man . And PREFACE . 13.
... , or the infult of the unfortunate . If I have written well , let it be confider'd that ' tis what no man can do without good fenfe , a quality that not only renders one capable of being a good writer , but a good man . And PREFACE . 13.
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... fenfe inftructs us , and whofe humour charms , Whofe judgment fways us , and whose spirit warms ! 10 Oh , fkill'd in Nature ! fee the hearts of Swains , Their artless paffions , and their tender pains . 5 This Paftoral confifts of two ...
... fenfe inftructs us , and whofe humour charms , Whofe judgment fways us , and whose spirit warms ! 10 Oh , fkill'd in Nature ! fee the hearts of Swains , Their artless paffions , and their tender pains . 5 This Paftoral confifts of two ...
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... fenfe defac'd : Some are bewilder'd , in the maze of schools , And fome made coxcombs Nature meant but fools . In fearch of wit these lofe their common fenfe , And then turn Critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or ...
... fenfe defac'd : Some are bewilder'd , in the maze of schools , And fome made coxcombs Nature meant but fools . In fearch of wit these lofe their common fenfe , And then turn Critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or ...
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