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An Essay on Criticism

An Essay on Criticism (1711) Inferred

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) · 1711

InferredQuoted phrase 'What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed' is from An Essay on Criticism (1711), Part II, line 298. Quoted without attribution; the phrase is one of Pope's most famous from An Essay on Criticism.

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Papers on Literature and Art

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“we enjoy what most minds enjoy most, not new thoughts, new feelings, but recognition of "What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

Inferred Quoted phrase 'What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed' is from An Essay on Criticism (1711), Part II, line 298. Quoted without attribution; the phrase is one of Pope's most famous from An Essay on Criticism.

Quoted without attribution; the phrase is one of Pope's most famous from An Essay on Criticism.