The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... it . There are indeed fome advantages accruing from a Genius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf - amufement when a man is idle or alone ; the privilege of being admitted 8 PREFACE .
... it . There are indeed fome advantages accruing from a Genius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf - amufement when a man is idle or alone ; the privilege of being admitted 8 PREFACE .
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... fome merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for thefe Trifles by Prefaces , byaft by recommen- dations , dazled with the names of great Pa- ( trons , wheedled with fine reasons and pretences , or troubled with excufes . I ...
... fome merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for thefe Trifles by Prefaces , byaft by recommen- dations , dazled with the names of great Pa- ( trons , wheedled with fine reasons and pretences , or troubled with excufes . I ...
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... fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of fome paricular lines . I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer , as the power of rejecting his own thoughts ; and ...
... fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of fome paricular lines . I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer , as the power of rejecting his own thoughts ; and ...
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... fome of my vain cotemporaries the Poets , to teach them that when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing to have been encourag'd by the great , commended by the eminent , and fa . vour'd by the publick in general . Nov. 10 , 1716 ...
... fome of my vain cotemporaries the Poets , to teach them that when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing to have been encourag'd by the great , commended by the eminent , and fa . vour'd by the publick in general . Nov. 10 , 1716 ...
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... fome fair Shepherdefs , the Sylvan Muse , Should wear thofe flow'rs her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the fhepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yet muft his pure and unaffected thought More ...
... fome fair Shepherdefs , the Sylvan Muse , Should wear thofe flow'rs her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the fhepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yet muft his pure and unaffected thought More ...
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