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An Essay on Criticism

by Alexander Pope

Poetry · Essays · Letters

Open Library OL79381W

An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), published. An Essay on Criticism is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human; to forgive, divine", "A little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently paraphrased as "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"), and "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread".

About the author

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) is represented here by 7 public-domain titles, including An Essay on Criticism, An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires, and The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for Alexander Pope.

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