The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ....: An essay on criticism. An essay on man. Universal prayer. Moral essays. [Miscellaneous poems] Imitations of English poetsWilliam Pickering, 1835 |
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... reason to admire . Then Criticism the Muse's handmaid prov'd , To dress her charms , and make her more belov'd : But following wits from that intention stray'd ; Who could not win the mistress woo'd the maid ; Against the poets their ...
... reason to admire . Then Criticism the Muse's handmaid prov'd , To dress her charms , and make her more belov'd : But following wits from that intention stray'd ; Who could not win the mistress woo'd the maid ; Against the poets their ...
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... reason drives that cloud away , Truth breaks upon us with resistless day . Trust not yourself ; but your defects to know , Make use of every friend - and every foe . A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep OF POPE . 11.
... reason drives that cloud away , Truth breaks upon us with resistless day . Trust not yourself ; but your defects to know , Make use of every friend - and every foe . A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep OF POPE . 11.
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... ne'er advance a judgment of their own , But catch the spreading notion of the town ; They reason and conclude by precedent , And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors ' names , not works , 18 THE POEMS.
... ne'er advance a judgment of their own , But catch the spreading notion of the town ; They reason and conclude by precedent , And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors ' names , not works , 18 THE POEMS.
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... reason on his side ? Such once were critics ; such the happy few Athens and Rome in better ages knew . The mighty Stagyrite first left the shore , Spread all his sails , and durst the deeps explore ; He steer'd securely , and discover'd ...
... reason on his side ? Such once were critics ; such the happy few Athens and Rome in better ages knew . The mighty Stagyrite first left the shore , Spread all his sails , and durst the deeps explore ; He steer'd securely , and discover'd ...
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... utterly unintelligible , and in form- ing a temperate , yet not inconsistent , and a short , yet not imperfect system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I chose VOL . II . D 34 verse , and even rhyme , for two reasons.
... utterly unintelligible , and in form- ing a temperate , yet not inconsistent , and a short , yet not imperfect system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I chose VOL . II . D 34 verse , and even rhyme , for two reasons.
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ALEXANDER POPE Ambrose Philips ANTISTROPHE Balaam beauty behold bless'd blessing bliss breast breath Cæsar charms Countess of Suffolk cried critics crown'd dame dear death e'en e'er ease envy EPISTLE ESSAY ON CRITICISM Eurydice Eustace Budgell eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame fool gentle gold grace Gulliver's Travels happiness heart Heaven honour Houyhnhnm join'd king knave knight lady learn'd learning live lord lyre man's mankind mind mortal Muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once Ovid pain parterre passion pleas'd pleasure poet Pope praise pride proud rage rais'd reason rise rules sage Sappho seem'd self-love SEMICHORUS sense shade shine sigh skies SMIL soft soul spouse squire taste thee things thou thought true Twas tyrant virtue whate'er whole wife wise youth