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" The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears. "
The Works of the English Poets: Pope - Page 110
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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Poetical Miscellanies: Consisting of Original Poems and Translations

English poetry - 1714 - 528 pages
...Books, the fruttlefs Remedies of Grief. Dryd. Love The bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, With Loads pf learned Lumber in his Head ; • "With his own Tongue ftill edifies his Ears ; And always lift'ning to himfelf appears : All Books he reads ; and all he reads aflails, From Dryden's Fables...
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The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...the rage of Impotence ! Such ihamelefs Bards we^have; add yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandoned Critics too. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,...ftill edifies his ears, • ••••. And always lift'ning to himfelf appears : •' All books he reads, and all he reads affails, From 'Dryderfs Fables...
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Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I ...

English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...fenfe,, And rhyme with.all the rage of impotence! Such ftiamelefs bards we have; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd critics too. The bookful...his own tongue ftill edifies his ears,. And always lift'ning to himfelf appears. All books he reads, and all he reads aflails,From Dryden's fables down...
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Lectures on Architecture: Consisting of Rules Founded Upon Harmonick and ...

Robert Morris - Architecture - 1734 - 298 pages
...Tope has very juftly defcrib'd the Character of fuch a one in his Efiay on Criticifm, where he fays, The bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, With Loads of learned Lumber in his Head, &c. And in another Part of the fame Eflay juftly concludes, One Science only, will one Genius fit,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...caufe him to overlook this Abufe of his Per/tn. P. Such fhamelefs Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true. There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too. The bookful...head, With his own tongue ftill edifies his ears, <5TJ And always lift'ning to himfelf appears. All books he reads, and all he reads afiails, From Dryden's...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...caufe him to overlook this Abuft of his Perfon, P. 6 Such fhamelefs Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, WitrTloads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue ftill edifies his ears, 615 And always...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 pages
...rage of Impotence. 610 Such fliamelefs Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandoned Critics too, The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,...head, With his own tongue ftill edifies his ears, 6 i $ And always liil'ning to himfelf appears. All books he reads, and all he reads afTails, From Dryden's...
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Poems on Several Occasions

Christopher Smart - English poetry - 1752 - 264 pages
...yet ^tis true, There are as mad abandon'd critics too. The book- full blockhead, ignorantly read, 615 With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue, ftill edifies his ears, And always lifVning to himfelf appears All books he reads, and all he reads aflails From Dryden's fables, down...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...fenfe, And rhyme with all the rage of Impotence. 610 Such fhamelefs Bards we have; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too. The bookful...head, With his own tongue ftill edifies his ears, 615 And always lift'ning to himfelf appears. All books he reads, and all he reads affails, From Drydcn's...
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Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...Impotence. Such fhamelefs Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too. 611 The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, NOTE s. With his own tongue ftill edifies his ears, And always lift'ning to himfelf appears. 615 All...
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