The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volumen1A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... judgment commonly paft upon Poems . A Critic fupposes he has done his part , if he proves a writer to have failed in an expreffion , or erred in any particular point : and can it then be won- dered at , if the Poets in general feem ...
... judgment commonly paft upon Poems . A Critic fupposes he has done his part , if he proves a writer to have failed in an expreffion , or erred in any particular point : and can it then be won- dered at , if the Poets in general feem ...
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... judgment ; but fuch a Critic's is to put them out of humour ; a defign he could never go upon without both that and an ill temper . I think a good deal may be faid to extenuate the fault of bad Poets . What we call a Genius , is hard to ...
... judgment ; but fuch a Critic's is to put them out of humour ; a defign he could never go upon without both that and an ill temper . I think a good deal may be faid to extenuate the fault of bad Poets . What we call a Genius , is hard to ...
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... judgment to direct us . On the other hand , a good Poet no fooner com- municates his works with the fame defire of infor- mation , but it is imagined he is a vain young crea- ture given up to the ambition of fame ; when per- haps the ...
... judgment to direct us . On the other hand , a good Poet no fooner com- municates his works with the fame defire of infor- mation , but it is imagined he is a vain young crea- ture given up to the ambition of fame ; when per- haps the ...
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... judgment to be pleafed with them at laft . But I have Reason to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo for they have always fallen fhort not only of what I read of others , but even of my ...
... judgment to be pleafed with them at laft . But I have Reason to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo for they have always fallen fhort not only of what I read of others , but even of my ...
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... judgment of authors dead and living ; that I omitted no means in my power to be informed of my errors , both by my friends and enemies : But the true Reafon thefe pieces are not more correct , is owing to the confideration how fhort a ...
... judgment of authors dead and living ; that I omitted no means in my power to be informed of my errors , both by my friends and enemies : But the true Reafon thefe pieces are not more correct , is owing to the confideration how fhort a ...
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