The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Томове 1–2Phillips, Sampson, 1852 - 616 страници |
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... dulness itself became capable of discerning ; and when at any time his performances fell short of his own ideas of excel- lence , his enemies tried him by rules of his own establishing ; and though they owed to him the ability of ...
... dulness itself became capable of discerning ; and when at any time his performances fell short of his own ideas of excel- lence , his enemies tried him by rules of his own establishing ; and though they owed to him the ability of ...
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... dulness meet Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit , And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit : As on the land while here the ocean gains , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails ...
... dulness meet Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit , And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit : As on the land while here the ocean gains , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails ...
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... Dulness is ever apt to magnify . Some foreign writers , some our own despise ; The ancients only , or the moderns prize : Thus wit , like faith , by each man is applied To one small sect , and all are damn'd beside . Meanly they seek ...
... Dulness is ever apt to magnify . Some foreign writers , some our own despise ; The ancients only , or the moderns prize : Thus wit , like faith , by each man is applied To one small sect , and all are damn'd beside . Meanly they seek ...
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... dulness joins with quality ; A constant critic at the great man's board To fetch and carry nonsense for my lord . What woeful stuff this madrigal would be , In some starved hackney'd sonnetteer , or me ! But let a lord once own the ...
... dulness joins with quality ; A constant critic at the great man's board To fetch and carry nonsense for my lord . What woeful stuff this madrigal would be , In some starved hackney'd sonnetteer , or me ! But let a lord once own the ...
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... dulness with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love . In the fat age of pleasure , wealth , and ease , 530 Sprang the rank weed , and thrived with large increase : When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at ...
... dulness with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love . In the fat age of pleasure , wealth , and ease , 530 Sprang the rank weed , and thrived with large increase : When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at ...
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