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... Dulness and Poverty ; the one born with them , the other contracted , by neglect of their proper talent thro ' felf concert 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 concert 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. 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 head ...
Alexander Pope. 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 head ...
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... Dulness , Ridpath is as dear as Mist . ) Yet lo ! in me what authors have to brag on ! ' Reduc'd at last to hifs in my own dragon . Avert it , heav'n ! that thou or Cibber e'er 290 Should wag two ferpent tails in Smithfield fair . Like ...
... Dulness , Ridpath is as dear as Mist . ) Yet lo ! in me what authors have to brag on ! ' Reduc'd at last to hifs in my own dragon . Avert it , heav'n ! that thou or Cibber e'er 290 Should wag two ferpent tails in Smithfield fair . Like ...
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