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Page 191
“ Had he but spar'd his tongue and pen , He might have rose like other men : But , power was never in his thought ; And , wealth he valu'd not a groat : Ingratitude he often found , And pity'd those who meant the wound : But , kept the ...
“ Had he but spar'd his tongue and pen , He might have rose like other men : But , power was never in his thought ; And , wealth he valu'd not a groat : Ingratitude he often found , And pity'd those who meant the wound : But , kept the ...
Page 278
If Wit be well described by Pope as being “ that which has been often thought , but was never before so well expressed , " 2 they certainly never attained nor ever sought it , for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts ...
If Wit be well described by Pope as being “ that which has been often thought , but was never before so well expressed , " 2 they certainly never attained nor ever sought it , for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts ...
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His schoolfellow , Mr. Hector , has obligingly furnished me with many particulars of his boyish days ; and assured me that he never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their business .
His schoolfellow , Mr. Hector , has obligingly furnished me with many particulars of his boyish days ; and assured me that he never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their business .
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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| Title | The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical Essays |
| Editor | John L. Mahoney |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0669023213, 9780669023213 |
| Length | 765 pages |
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