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" True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 26
by Alexander Pope - 1804
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...languishingly slow; And praise the easy vigour of a line, 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art,...offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 365 Soft is the strain, when Zephyr gently blows, And the otnooth stream in smoother numbers flows;...
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 35

1813 - 684 pages
...that it serves for an example to prove the rule— that the perfection of artifice is to hide itself: "True ease in writing comes from art, — not chance ; As those move easiest who have learnt to dance." In cla«sic attainment Fiti-Patrick's conld not l-.i' compared (whose conld?) to...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78

John Bell - 1796 - 480 pages
...with so much life and ease You think 'tis Nature, and a knack to please : " But ease in writing flows from art, not chance, " As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance." ' If such the plague, and pains, to write by rule, 180 Better (say I) be pleas'd, and play the fool;...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1

George Campbell - 1801 - 462 pages
...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 learn'd to dance f. True ease in composition, accompanied with purity, differs as much from that homely manner which...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 312 pages
...needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags iis slow length along. And afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Sofi is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, Bat when loud rargn teih the sounding iborc, Th* koarw...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 9

British essayists - 1802 - 308 pages
...needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. And afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to :he sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth strc'arn in smoolher numbers...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...its slow length along, And praise the easy vigour of a line 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art,...offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 365 Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ;...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...or languishingly slow } And praise the easy vigour of a line , Where 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 aeem an echo to the...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...with so much life and ease, You think 'tis Nature, and a knack to please : " But ease in writing flows from art, not chance, " As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance." If such the plague and pains to write by rule, 180 Better ( say I) be pleas'd, and play the fool :...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 572 pages
...Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. ' And afterwards, • i Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an ccho to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows ; And the smooth stream in smoother...
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