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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10), Poetry - Volume 2

Note 194 — AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM.

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In sing-song Durfey, Oldmixon or me,

was the original reading of the manuscript.

[195] This couplet is succeeded by two more lines in the manuscript:

And while to thoughts refined they make pretence, Hate all that's common, ev'n to common sense.

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