The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 478 Seiten |
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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 with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love . In the fat age of pleasure , wealth , and ease , Sprung the rank weed , and thrived with large in- When love was all an easy monarch's care ; [ crease : Seldom at ...
... dulness with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love . In the fat age of pleasure , wealth , and ease , Sprung the rank weed , and thrived with large in- When love was all an easy monarch's care ; [ crease : Seldom at ...
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... dulness and grave impotence . Justin , who silent sate , and heard the man , Thus , with a philosophic frown , began : A heathen author , of the first degree ( Who , tho ' not faith , had sense as well as we ) , Bids us be certain our ...
... dulness and grave impotence . Justin , who silent sate , and heard the man , Thus , with a philosophic frown , began : A heathen author , of the first degree ( Who , tho ' not faith , had sense as well as we ) , Bids us be certain our ...
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... Dulness lies , And in thy bosom lurks in Thought's disguise ; Thou varnisher of fools , and cheat of all the wise ! VIII . Yet thy indulgence is by both confest ; Folly by thee lies sleeping in the breast , And ' tis in thee at last ...
... Dulness lies , And in thy bosom lurks in Thought's disguise ; Thou varnisher of fools , and cheat of all the wise ! VIII . Yet thy indulgence is by both confest ; Folly by thee lies sleeping in the breast , And ' tis in thee at last ...
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