Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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... fenfe to the length of four lines , which would have been more closely confined in the Couplet . In the manners , thoughts , and characters , he comes near to Theocritus himself ; though notwith- standing all the care he has taken , he ...
... fenfe to the length of four lines , which would have been more closely confined in the Couplet . In the manners , thoughts , and characters , he comes near to Theocritus himself ; though notwith- standing all the care he has taken , he ...
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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 search of wit thefe lofe their common sense , 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 search of wit thefe lofe their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or ...
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... fenfe , their learning to display , And thofe explain the meaning quite away . You then whofe judgment the right courfe would fteer , Know well each ANCIENT's proper character ; His fable , fubject , fcope in ev'ry page ; Religion ...
... fenfe , their learning to display , And thofe explain the meaning quite away . You then whofe judgment the right courfe would fteer , Know well each ANCIENT's proper character ; His fable , fubject , fcope in ev'ry page ; Religion ...
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Alexander Pope. To teach vain wits a science little known , Tadmire fuperior fenfe , and doubt their own ! Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment , and misguide the mind , What the weak hand with strongest bias ...
Alexander Pope. To teach vain wits a science little known , Tadmire fuperior fenfe , and doubt their own ! Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment , and misguide the mind , What the weak hand with strongest bias ...
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... fenfe , they humbly take upon content . Words are like leaves ; and where they inoft abound , Much fruit of fenfe beneath is rarely found . Falfe eloquence , like the prifmatic glafs , Its gaudy colours fpreads on ev'ry place ; The face ...
... fenfe , they humbly take upon content . Words are like leaves ; and where they inoft abound , Much fruit of fenfe beneath is rarely found . Falfe eloquence , like the prifmatic glafs , Its gaudy colours fpreads on ev'ry place ; The face ...
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