 She gives in large recruits of needful 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.  Juvenile poems - Page 112by Alexander Pope - 1757Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...wind; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth...with refiftlefs day. Truft not yourfelf ; but your defects to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend and ev'ry foe. COMMENTARY. 'Tis the bufmefs of Reafon, he... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 316 pages
...Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Truft not... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...pride : For as in bodies, thug in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind ; Pride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And...with refiftlefs day. Truft not yourfelf ; but your defers to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe. A little learning is a dang'rous thing... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind'; Pride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And rills up all the mighty void of fenfe. If once right reafon...drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiAlefs day. Truft not yourfelf ; but your defefts to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find " What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with " wind : ** Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, "...with refiftlefs day. " Truft not yourfelf ; but your defects to know, " Make ufe of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe." fimile here employed to fhew the refemblance... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...bodies, thus in fouls, we find " What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'dwith " wind : " Pride, whereWit fails, fteps in to our defence, " And fills up all...with refiftlefs day. " Truft not yourfelf ; but your defects to know, " Make ufe of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe." The fimile here employed to £hew the... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...thus in fouls, we find " What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with " wind : ** Pride, whereWit fails, fteps in to our defence, " And fills up all...away, *' Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. " Trufl not yourfelf ; but your defects to know, " Make ufe of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe." The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1770 - 378 pages
...the: Pride, where Wit fails, fleps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of fenfe. 21* If once right reafon drives that cloud away. Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Troft not yourfelf; but your defe&s to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe. A little learning... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...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 resistless day. Trust... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...; For as in bodies, thus in fouls we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : 210 Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And...with refiftlefs day. Truft not yourfelf ; but your defefts to know, 215 Intake ufe of ev'ry friend— —and ev'ry foe. « A little learning is a dang'rous... | |
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