...natural ease and elegance, that they cannot be acquired by any other means. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. POPE. But the second part of the beforementioncd precept for writing letters is, if possible, more...

...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 learned 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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...a halo vivid, glorious, beautiful. Nevertheless there is some truth in Pope's assertion, that — " Ease in writing flows from art, not chance, As those move easiest, who have learned to dance." Prom the nature of his illustration, I suppose he means to say, that if the mind be forced at certain...

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...eloquence along, Serenely pure, and yet divinely strong, Rich with the treasures of each foreign tongue ; J Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine, But show no mercy to an empty line ; 175 Then polish all, with so much life and ease, You think 'tis nature, and a knack to please : But...

...certain letters which are supposed more particularly to express the imitation. 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. Soft is the...

...by Pope concerning " writing," is equally applicable in this case. " True ease in teaching comes by art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance." Let us reflect for a moment what is the nature of this art. It is simply a process of painting, or...

...eloquence along, Serenely pure, and yeudivinely strong, Rich with the treasures of each foreign tongue ; Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine, But show...empty line : Then polish all, with so much life and rase, You think 'tis nature, and a knack to please; ' But ease in writing flows from art, not chance...

...indeed, scarcely perceptible, and are sometimes called demi-cesuras. True ease | in writing || comes from art, | not chance. As those | move easiest, || who have learned | to dance. Tis not ] enough || no harshness | gives offense, The sound j must seem || an echo | to the sense :...