The Works of Alexander Pope: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6C. a J. Rivington, 1824 |
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Page 12
... mean for empty praise of wit to write , As foplings grin to shew their teeth are white . To brand a doubtful folly with a smile , Or madly blaze unknown defects , is vile : ' Tis doubly vile , when , but to prove your art , You fix an ...
... mean for empty praise of wit to write , As foplings grin to shew their teeth are white . To brand a doubtful folly with a smile , Or madly blaze unknown defects , is vile : ' Tis doubly vile , when , but to prove your art , You fix an ...
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... mean time , be so far from countenancing such worthless trash in others , that he would be ready to execrate even his own best vein of poetry , if made at the expense of truth and innocence : " Curs'd be the verse , how well soe'er it ...
... mean time , be so far from countenancing such worthless trash in others , that he would be ready to execrate even his own best vein of poetry , if made at the expense of truth and innocence : " Curs'd be the verse , how well soe'er it ...
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... mean scribblers that attacked him , suddenly breaks out with this spirited complaint of the ill - usage he had sus- tained . This piece was published in the year 1734 , in the form of an Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot . It is now given as a ...
... mean scribblers that attacked him , suddenly breaks out with this spirited complaint of the ill - usage he had sus- tained . This piece was published in the year 1734 , in the form of an Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot . It is now given as a ...
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... means , sung by Persius ; and the words alluded to are Vidi , vidi ipse , Libelle ! Auriculas asini Midas rex habet . The transition is fine , but obscure ; for he has here imitated the manner of that mysterious writer , as well as ...
... means , sung by Persius ; and the words alluded to are Vidi , vidi ipse , Libelle ! Auriculas asini Midas rex habet . The transition is fine , but obscure ; for he has here imitated the manner of that mysterious writer , as well as ...
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... means authors of the same class ; though the violence of party might hurry them into the same mistakes . But if the first offended this way , it was only through an honest warmth of temper , that allowed too little to an excellent ...
... means authors of the same class ; though the violence of party might hurry them into the same mistakes . But if the first offended this way , it was only through an honest warmth of temper , that allowed too little to an excellent ...
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