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But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language . If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as ...
But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language . If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as ...
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He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness . ... He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius , and to know what it was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully ...
He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness . ... He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius , and to know what it was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully ...
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nature , by bombast or tumour , which soars above nature , and enlarges images beyond their real bulk ; by affectation , which forsakes nature in quest of something unsuitable ; and by imbecility , which degrades nature by faintness and ...
nature , by bombast or tumour , which soars above nature , and enlarges images beyond their real bulk ; by affectation , which forsakes nature in quest of something unsuitable ; and by imbecility , which degrades nature by faintness and ...
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