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... Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men , once ignorant are slaves . O curs'd effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ! Still , when the lust of tyrant power succeeds , Some Athens perishes , some Tully bleeds ...
... Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men , once ignorant are slaves . O curs'd effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ! Still , when the lust of tyrant power succeeds , Some Athens perishes , some Tully bleeds ...
Page 48
... th ' offence To tire our patience , than mislead our sense . Some few in that , but numbers err in this , Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose , Now one Page V 1 An Essay on Criticism.
... th ' offence To tire our patience , than mislead our sense . Some few in that , but numbers err in this , Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose , Now one Page V 1 An Essay on Criticism.
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... fools . In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride ...
... fools . In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride ...
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... fools . Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey , Nor time nor moths e'er spoil'd so much as they : Some drily plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to ...
... fools . Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey , Nor time nor moths e'er spoil'd so much as they : Some drily plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to ...
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... fools . Whatever nature has in worth deny'd , She gives in large recruits of needful pride : For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with wind : Pride where wit fails , steps in to our ...
... fools . Whatever nature has in worth deny'd , She gives in large recruits of needful pride : For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with wind : Pride where wit fails , steps in to our ...
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