 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pàgines
...recruits of needful Pride ;] So in the Essay on Man : " And each vacuity of sense by Pride." Ver. 209. Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sensed] A very sensible French writer makes the following remark on this species of Pride : " Un homme... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 pàgines
...where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. 210 COMMENTARY. " Trust not yourself; but your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry Friend — and ev'ry Foe. • Both the beginning and conclusion of this precept, are remarkable. The question is of the means... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pàgines
...recruits of needful Pride;] So in the Essay on Man: " And each vacuity of sense by Pride." Ver. 209. Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void ofsensc.] A very sensible French writer makes the following remark on this species of Pride: " Un homme... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pàgines
...pride : For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And...not yourself; but your defects to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pàgines
...pride ! For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence. And fills up all the mighty void of sense. 210 If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistiese day. Trust not... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pàgines
...pride. For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void uf sense. Pope's Essay on. Criticism, I. 203. Voltaire Has with great humour, in his " Candide," described... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pàgines
...pride. For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find, What wants in blood and spirit!t, swell'd with wind. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, . And fills up all the mighty void uf sense. Pope's Jltsay on Criticism, I. 203. Voltaire Has with great humour, in his " Candide," described... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pàgines
...in to our defenee, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. If onee right reason drives that eloud the steep, Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, defeets to know, ЛIake use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pàgines
...wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind. And fills up all the mighty void of sense. £.Ifonce right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Make use of ev'ry friend—and ev'ry foe. Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, A little learuing... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pàgines
...pride! For, as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in Mood and spirits, swcll'd with wind. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void ot sense. 3. Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In tearless youth, we tempt the heights... | |
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If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust not yourself; but your defects to know Make use of every friend — and every foe. 
