 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...where fenfe and dulnefs meet. U Nature Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely cwrb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the Ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide Tandy plains ; Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folid jtow'r of underftanding fails ; Wh^re... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1737 - 720 pages
...Depth ; but be dif[creet. And mark that Point vibcre Senfe and Dulliufs [mtet. Nature Of CRITICISM. 293 Nature to all Things fix'd the Limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud Man's pretending [Wit. Firft/o//<w Nature, and your Judgment frame By her juft Standard, which is ftill the fame. Truft not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
..."Launch not beyond your depth, but be difcreet, 50 And mark that point where fenfe and dullnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As VER. 51. Andmark that point where fen/e and dullnefs meet.'] This precept cautions us againft going... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...faculties — The lines by which he expreflfes this ientiment are incomparable. ' ' . * -•:-.' ": Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, " And wifely...wit. ' ' " As on the land while here the ocean gains, f' In other parts it leaves wide Tandy plains ; * w " Thus " Thus in the foul while memory prevails,... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...which he exprefles this fentiment are incomparable. " Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, f And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending *' wit. " As on the land while here the ocean gains, *' Jn other parts it leaves wide fandy plains ; ; ' * Tims " Thus in the foul while memory prevails,... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...limits to the human faculties — The lines by which he exprefles this lentiment are incomparable. " Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, " And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending «* wit. *'. AB on the land while here the ocean gains, '* In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains ; '' '... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...mark that point where sense and dullness meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other pans jt kavei Wide sandy plains; 55 Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...go ; Launch nut beyond yoor depth, but be difcreet, A nd mark that point where fenfcand dulncfsmcct. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit. And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. Ai on the land while here the ocean gains, Iti other pans it leaves wide fandy plains ; Thus in the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...not beyond your depth, but be dilcrect, And marls that point where lenlcnncl dulncfsmcct. Natureto all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd...man's pretending wit: As on the land while here the eccsn g-.iins, In other parts it leaves wide lamty plains ; Thus in the foul while memory prevails,... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...lost. EXAMPLE. Nature to all things fix'cl the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wk; As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul, while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding fails } Where... | |
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Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains... 
