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... thofe are difpleas'd at it who are not able to follow it : And ' tis to be fear'd that efteem will feldom do any man fo much good , as ill - will does him harm . Then there is third class of people who make the largest part of mankind ...
... thofe are difpleas'd at it who are not able to follow it : And ' tis to be fear'd that efteem will feldom do any man fo much good , as ill - will does him harm . Then there is third class of people who make the largest part of mankind ...
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... thofe who have been most indebted to them . For to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , muft have been common fense in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the knowlegde of the fenfe of our predeceffors . Therefore they ...
... thofe who have been most indebted to them . For to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , muft have been common fense in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the knowlegde of the fenfe of our predeceffors . Therefore they ...
Page 12
... thofe Authors , who forgive themselves fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of some paricular lines . I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer , as the ...
... thofe Authors , who forgive themselves fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of some paricular lines . I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer , as the ...
Page xviii
... thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best moft ...
... thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best moft ...
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... Mufe appears to justify The long - loft graces of Simplicity : So rural beauties captivate our sense With virgin charms , and native excellence . a z 35 40 Yet Yet long her Modesty thofe charms conceal'd , " Till ( xix )
... Mufe appears to justify The long - loft graces of Simplicity : So rural beauties captivate our sense With virgin charms , and native excellence . a z 35 40 Yet Yet long her Modesty thofe charms conceal'd , " Till ( xix )
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