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... Dulness , which are still more involuntary , nay as much so as personal deformity . But even this will not help them : Deformity becomes the object of ridicule when a man fets up for being handsome : and so must Dulness when he fets up ...
... Dulness , which are still more involuntary , nay as much so as personal deformity . But even this will not help them : Deformity becomes the object of ridicule when a man fets up for being handsome : and so must Dulness when he fets up ...
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... Dulness and Poverty ; the one born with them , the other contracted , by neglect of their proper talent thro ' felf conceit of greater abilities . This truth he wrapp'd in an Allegory ( as the con- ftitution of Epic poefy requires ) and ...
... Dulness and Poverty ; the one born with them , the other contracted , by neglect of their proper talent thro ' felf conceit of greater abilities . This truth he wrapp'd in an Allegory ( as the con- ftitution of Epic poefy requires ) and ...
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Alexander Pope. I 185 To future ages may thy dulness last , As thou preferv'ft the dulness of the past ! There , dim in clouds , the poreing Scholiafts mark , Wits , who like Owls fee only in the dark , A Lumberhouse of Books in ev'ry ...
Alexander Pope. I 185 To future ages may thy dulness last , As thou preferv'ft the dulness of the past ! There , dim in clouds , the poreing Scholiafts mark , Wits , who like Owls fee only in the dark , A Lumberhouse of Books in ev'ry ...
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