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In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind . Hail , bards triumphant ! born in happier days ; Immortal heirs of universal praise ! 190 Whose honours with increase of ages grow , As streams roll ...
In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind . Hail , bards triumphant ! born in happier days ; Immortal heirs of universal praise ! 190 Whose honours with increase of ages grow , As streams roll ...
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Such verse we make when we are writing prose ; we make such verse in common conversation.34 I know not whether this praise is rigorously just . The dissyllable termination , which the critick rightly appropriates to the drama , is to be ...
Such verse we make when we are writing prose ; we make such verse in common conversation.34 I know not whether this praise is rigorously just . The dissyllable termination , which the critick rightly appropriates to the drama , is to be ...
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But the desire of diversity may be too much indulged : the parts of Windsor Forest which deserve least praise are those which were added to enliven the stillness of the scene , the appearance of Father Thames , and the transformation of ...
But the desire of diversity may be too much indulged : the parts of Windsor Forest which deserve least praise are those which were added to enliven the stillness of the scene , the appearance of Father Thames , and the transformation of ...
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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