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... Poems on Several Occasions - Page 36by Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...•/*' ^\ndnrark that point where fenfe and dulncfs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fir,. And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on...gains, In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains;. Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails; Where beams of warm... | |
 | English poetry - 1722 - 294 pages
...depth, but be difcreet, And mark that point where fenfe and dulnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...gains. In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains; Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails; Where beams of warm... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1749 - 110 pages
...depth, but be difereet, 50 And mark that point where fenfe and dulneftmeet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...gains, In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains ; 5$ Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The foljd pow'r of underftanding fails ; NOTES. .jr 51.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751
...always write as heavily as a dunce. An obfervation well worm the attention of all profound writers. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other...wide fandy plains ; 55 Thus in the foul while memory prevail*, The folid pow'r of under/landing fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 242 pages
...wjlltilvyays write as heavily as a dunce. An obfervation well worth the attention of all profound writers. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other...wide fandy plains ; 55 Thus in the foul while memory prevail*, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...depth, but be difcreet, 50 And mark that point where fenfe and dulnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...gains, In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains; J5 Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails; Where beams of warm... | |
 | Joseph Spence - Book collectors - 1758 - 112 pages
...genius and poet frequently complain, who fays fo happily, as he did every thing, in one of his poems ; " As on the land, while here the ocean gains, ^ " In other parts it leaves wide fandy, plains ; " Thus in the foul while memory prevails, " The folid power of underftanding fails. " Where beams... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 378 pages
...complain, who fays fo happily, as he did every thing, in one of his Poems j ; As on the Land, ivhile here the Ocean gains, In other Parts it leaves 'wide fandy Plains ; Thus in the Soul nvhile Memory prevails, The folid Power of Underjlanding fails ; Where Beams of... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...which he expreflfes this ientiment are incomparable. ' ' . * -•:-.' ": Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, " And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...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,... | |
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