...reproof, wh6 merit praise. Such shameless Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true. There are as mad abandon'd Critics too. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,...his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears. 'Twere well might critics still this freedom take, But Appius reddens...

...art." The spirit of the "Essay on Criticism" is, as a whole, thoroughly generous. Pope saw no critic in "The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head." He knew the weak side of the legislation upon literature that had its source in Paris, for critic-learning...

...The spirit of the "Essay on Criticism" is, as a whole, thoroughly generous. Pope saw no critic in " The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head." He knew the weak side of the legislation upon literature that had its source in Paris, for critic-learning...

...said that 50 per cent, of our present high school pupils are studying Latin. Have you ever heard of "The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, with loads of learned lumber in his head?" Do you ever ruminate? If you do, ruminate, mentally, over these things for a week!—Edzcard Berwick....

...pronouncements on literary subjects, and the carping scholastic critic. Pope's couplet on the pedantic critic The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, deserves to be placed beside Ben Jonson's caustic denunciation of the type, as "those common torturers...

...Impotence! Such shameless Bards we have; and yet ‘tis true, 6io There are as mad, abandon'd Criticks too. The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, With...his own Tongue still edifies his Ears, And always List'ning to Himself appears. 6i¿ All Books he reads, and all he reads assails, From Dryden's Fables...

...opiniones, de pareceres tan varios, que lo que el uno, que es negro, el otro prueba que es bianco. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, with loads of learned lumber in his head. This universal penchant for splitting hairs in interminable disputes to the neglect of essentials vexes...

...even the most devoted reader of the Dictionary out into the street: The bookful blockhead, ignorandy read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With...his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears. The Dictionary' docs not, of course, recommend abstention from books;...

...only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it. DR. JOHNSON The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads...his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears. POPE Any book which is at all important should be reread immediately....

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