The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorJ. Walker, 1806 - 651 Seiten |
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... write ill , and a more dangerous one to That a true taste is as rare to That the public , ver . 1 . be found as a ... writing or in judging ill ; But of the two , less dangerous is th ' offence To tire our patience , than mislead our ...
... write ill , and a more dangerous one to That a true taste is as rare to That the public , ver . 1 . be found as a ... writing or in judging ill ; But of the two , less dangerous is th ' offence To tire our patience , than mislead our ...
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... write , Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite , There are who judge still worse than he can write . Some have ...
... write , Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite , There are who judge still worse than he can write . Some have ...
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... Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , And those explain the meaning quite away . You then , whose judgement the right course would steer , Know well each ancient's proper ...
... Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , And those explain the meaning quite away . You then , whose judgement the right course would steer , Know well each ancient's proper ...
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... writer's end , Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just , the conduct true , Applause , in spite of trivial faults , is due . As men of breeding , sometimes men of wit , T'avoid great errors must the less ...
... writer's end , Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just , the conduct true , Applause , in spite of trivial faults , is due . As men of breeding , sometimes men of wit , T'avoid great errors must the less ...
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... writing comes from art , not chance , As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance . ' Tis not enough no harshness gives offence , The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the ...
... writing comes from art , not chance , As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance . ' Tis not enough no harshness gives offence , The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the ...
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