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Pride . Im- perfect learning . Judging by parts , and not by the whole . Critics in wit , language , versifi- cation only . Being too hard to please , or too apt to admire . Partiality - too much love to a sect to the ancients or ...
Pride . Im- perfect learning . Judging by parts , and not by the whole . Critics in wit , language , versifi- cation only . Being too hard to please , or too apt to admire . Partiality - too much love to a sect to the ancients or ...
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In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies ! Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Aspiring to be Gods if Angels fell , Aspiring ...
In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies ! Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Aspiring to be Gods if Angels fell , Aspiring ...
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Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools im- part ; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace ; Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast ...
Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools im- part ; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace ; Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast ...
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Medieval Lyrics | 1 |
The Franklins Tale | 16 |
The wordes of the Host to the Phisicien | 28 |
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| Title | An Oxford Anthology of English Poetry |
| Editors | Howard Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
| Contributor | Margaret Farrand Thorp |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1947 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 1232 pages |
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