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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the ... - Page 244
by Alexander Pope - 1812
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...each foreigo tongue ; Prune- the luxuriant, the uncouth refine, But show no mercy to an empty line ; Then polish all with so much life and ease You think...learn'd to dance.' If such the plague and pains to write hy rule, Better (say I) he pleas'd, and play the fool; Call, if you will, had rhyming a disease, It...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...strong, ( Rich with the treasure of each foreign tongue; J Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth reline, But show no mercy to an empty line; 175 Then polish...from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learnt to dance.' If such the plague and pains to write by rule, 180 Better (say I) he pleas'd, and...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 40

John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...each foreign tongue Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine, But show no mercy to an empty line ; 17JI Then polish all with so much life and ease You think 'tis Nature, and a knack to please : ' But case in writing flows from art, not chance, ' As those move easiest who have learn'd to dar.cc.' If...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...each foreign tongue ; Prone the luxuriant, the uncouth refine, But show no mercy to an empty line ; Then polish all with so much life and ease You think...those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.' If iiuch the plague and pains to write by ride, Better (say I) be pleas'd, and play the fool: Call, if...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...the luxuriant, the uncouth refine, But show no mercy to an empty line : Then polish all, with so mnch life and ease, You think 'tis nature, and a knack...those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,* If snch the plague and pains to write by rule, Better, say I, be pleas'd, and play the fool; Call, if...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1

George Campbell - 1808 - 468 pages
...observed in any manner which untutored Nature can produce. This sentiment is well expressed by the poet : But ease in writing flows from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learnt to dance *. True ease in composition, accompanied with purity, differs as much from that homely...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...vigour of a line, WThere Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense ; Soft is the...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...vigour of a line [join. Where Denhatn's strength and Waller's sweetuess True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is Ihe...
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Poetical Works

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...easy vigour of a line [join. Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...the uncouih refine, But show no mercy to an empty line : Then polish all with so much life and ense, ...-.;." The jocund thunder wakes th'enlivcu'd hounds,...from^leepandanswersuunilsforsounds; \V ide thro' th'f whohavelcariiMtodancc." If such the plague and pains to write by rule, Better (say 1) he plciis'd,...
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