Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style,
Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Criticism, Part ii, Line 126
Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Criticism, Part ii, Line 126
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