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Page 11
... learning has been obtain'd by those who have been most indebted to them . For to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the knowlegde of the fenfe of our ...
... learning has been obtain'd by those who have been most indebted to them . For to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the knowlegde of the fenfe of our ...
Page xvii
... much Art , Such various Learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applause to pay ; Apollo bids it , and they must obey . VOL . I. a 5 10 15 And And yet fo wonderful , fublime a thing , As On Mr. POPE and his Poems, ...
... much Art , Such various Learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applause to pay ; Apollo bids it , and they must obey . VOL . I. a 5 10 15 And And yet fo wonderful , fublime a thing , As On Mr. POPE and his Poems, ...
Page xxviii
... learning - very far from thee . Here mofs - grown trees expand the smallest leaf ; Here half an Acre's corn is half a sheaf ; Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fides , and torrents at their feet ; 2 80 Or Or ...
... learning - very far from thee . Here mofs - grown trees expand the smallest leaf ; Here half an Acre's corn is half a sheaf ; Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fides , and torrents at their feet ; 2 80 Or Or ...
Page 104
... Learning . 3. Judging by parts , and not by the whole : Critics in Wit , Language , Verfification , only . 4. Being too hard to please , or too apt to ad- mire . 5. Too much Love to a Sect , -to the Ancients or Moderns . 6. Prejudice ...
... Learning . 3. Judging by parts , and not by the whole : Critics in Wit , Language , Verfification , only . 4. Being too hard to please , or too apt to ad- mire . 5. Too much Love to a Sect , -to the Ancients or Moderns . 6. Prejudice ...
Page 106
... learning is good 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 ...
... learning is good 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 ...
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