The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in…

Alexander Pope
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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. ✨ 'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 612
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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. ✨ 'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 612

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