Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 |
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... writing or in judging ill ; [ fence But , of the two , lefs dang'rous is th ' of- To tire our patience , than mislead our fenfe . Some few in that , but numbers err in this , Ten cenfure wrong for one who writes amifs ; A fool might ...
... writing or in judging ill ; [ fence But , of the two , lefs dang'rous is th ' of- To tire our patience , than mislead our fenfe . Some few in that , but numbers err in this , Ten cenfure wrong for one who writes amifs ; A fool might ...
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... write .. Let * fuch teach others who themselves excell , And cenfure freely who have written well . Authors are partial to their wit , ' tis true , But are not crities to their judgment too ? Yet if we look more closely , we fhall find ...
... write .. Let * fuch teach others who themselves excell , And cenfure freely who have written well . Authors are partial to their wit , ' tis true , But are not crities to their judgment too ? Yet if we look more closely , we fhall find ...
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... write ; and others But envy wits , as eunuchs envy lovers . All fuch have ftill an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing fide : If Mavius fcribble in Apollo's fpight , There are , who judge ftill worfe than he can write ...
... write ; and others But envy wits , as eunuchs envy lovers . All fuch have ftill an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing fide : If Mavius fcribble in Apollo's fpight , There are , who judge ftill worfe than he can write ...
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... Write dull receipts how poems may be made : These loft the fenfe , their learning to display , And thofe explain'd the meaning quite away . You then whofe judgment the right course would [ fteer , Know well each ancient's proper ...
... Write dull receipts how poems may be made : These loft the fenfe , their learning to display , And thofe explain'd the meaning quite away . You then whofe judgment the right course would [ fteer , Know well each ancient's proper ...
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... writes ) To teach vain wits a fcience little known , T'admire fuperior fenfe , and doubt their own ! Of all the causes which confpire to blind Man's erring judgment , and mifguide the mind , What the weak head with strongest biafs rules ...
... writes ) To teach vain wits a fcience little known , T'admire fuperior fenfe , and doubt their own ! Of all the causes which confpire to blind Man's erring judgment , and mifguide the mind , What the weak head with strongest biafs rules ...
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