The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... learning has been obtained by those who have been most indebted to them . For , to say truth , what- ever is very good sense , must have been common fenfe in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the knowledge of the sense ...
... learning has been obtained by those who have been most indebted to them . For , to say truth , what- ever is very good sense , must have been common fenfe in all times ; and what we call Learning , is but the knowledge of the sense ...
Page 88
... learning so confpicuous through- out , he should then be told that it was the work of an Author who had not attained the twentieth year of his age . A very learned Critic has shewn , that Ho- race had the fame attention to method in his ...
... learning so confpicuous through- out , he should then be told that it was the work of an Author who had not attained the twentieth year of his age . A very learned Critic has shewn , that Ho- race had the fame attention to method in his ...
Page 90
... Learning , ver . 215 . 3. Judging by parts , and not by the whole , ver . 233 to 288. Cri- tics in Wit , Language , Versification , only , 288 , 305 , 339 , & c . 4. Being too hard to please , or too apt to admire , ver . 384. 5 ...
... Learning , ver . 215 . 3. Judging by parts , and not by the whole , ver . 233 to 288. Cri- tics in Wit , Language , Versification , only , 288 , 305 , 339 , & c . 4. Being too hard to please , or too apt to admire , ver . 384. 5 ...
Page 92
... learning is good sense defac'd : Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools , And fome made coxcombs Nature meant but fools . In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn Critics in their own defence : Each burns alike ...
... learning is good sense defac'd : Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools , And fome made coxcombs Nature meant but fools . In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn Critics in their own defence : Each burns alike ...
Page 93
... learning , go ; Launch not beyond your depth , but be difcreet , And mark that point where sense and dulness meet . 40 45 50 Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit , And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending wit , As on the land while ...
... learning , go ; Launch not beyond your depth , but be difcreet , And mark that point where sense and dulness meet . 40 45 50 Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit , And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending wit , As on the land while ...
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