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AN ESSAY ON POETRY Of all those arts in which the wise excel , Nature's chief master - piece is writing well : No writing lifts exalted man so high , As sacred and soul - moving poesy : No kind of work requires so nice a touch ...
AN ESSAY ON POETRY Of all those arts in which the wise excel , Nature's chief master - piece is writing well : No writing lifts exalted man so high , As sacred and soul - moving poesy : No kind of work requires so nice a touch ...
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What things are these who would be poets thought , By nature not inspir'd , nor learning taught ? Some wit they have , and therefore may deserve A better course than this , by which they starve : But to write plays ! why , tis ' a bold ...
What things are these who would be poets thought , By nature not inspir'd , nor learning taught ? Some wit they have , and therefore may deserve A better course than this , by which they starve : But to write plays ! why , tis ' a bold ...
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ON VANITY I AM endeavouring on all occasions that happen in conversation , to depress that foolish pride of human nature , which makes us so apt to over - value ourselves , as well as to despise all other creatures : And I And I grow ...
ON VANITY I AM endeavouring on all occasions that happen in conversation , to depress that foolish pride of human nature , which makes us so apt to over - value ourselves , as well as to despise all other creatures : And I And I grow ...
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A SHORT LIFE OF THE DUKE | 11 |
Loves SLAVERY AND OTHER POEMS page | 27 |
ON FRIENDSHIP page | 65 |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Miscellanea from the Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham The Courtier's library |
| Autor/in | John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham |
| Verlag | Haworth Press, 1933 |
| Länge | 120 Seiten |
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