 | Joseph Warton - 1756 - 348 pages
...acutenefs, comprehenfion, and knowledge of man, which fo eminently diftinguifhed this philofopher. 6. One fcience only will one genius fit ; So vaft is...bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in thofe confin'd to fingle parts, f — When Tully attempted poetry, he became as ridiculous as Bolingbroke when he attempted... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1756 - 720 pages
...ftrong) was he not a greater prodigy, in all refpects, than any of thofe we have mentioned ? One icience only will one genius fit: So vaft is art, fo narrow human wit. Upon this hypothefis our Critic gives a pleafing detail of authors and painters, who when they attempted... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...cultivating. As to the other appearance, the decay of memory by the vigorous exercife of Fancy, the I 4 Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in thofe confin'd to fmgle parts. Like Kings we lofe the conquefts gain'd before, By vain ambition ftill to make them more... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...while the memory is cultivating. As to the other appearance, the decay of memory by the vigorous ex. Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in thofe confin'd to fingle parts. Like Kings we lofe the conquefts gain'd before, By vain ambition ftill to make them more... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...acutenefs, comprehenfion, and knowledge of man, which fo eminently diftinguimed this philofopher. 6. One fcience only will one genius fit ; So vaft is...bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in thofe confin'd to fingle parts f. WHEN Tully attempted poetry, he became as ridiculous as Bolingbroke when he attempted... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...under/landing fails ; " Where beams of warm imagination play, " The memory's foft figures melt away. " One fcience only will one genius fit ; '* So vaft is art, fo narrow human wit." The poetry as well as the philofophy of this paflage, can fcarcelybe too much admired. How chafte and... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...fails ; *' Where beams of warm imagination play, " The memory's foft figure? melt away. " One icience only will one genius fit ; " So vaft is art, fo narrow human wit." The poetry as well as the philofophy of this paflage, can fcarcely be too much admired. How chafte... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1770 - 378 pages
...imagination play, The memory's foft figures melt away. One fcience only will one genius fit ; 60 So vail is art, fo narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft' in thofe confin'd to fingle parts. Like Kings we lofe the conquefts gain'd before, By vain ambition ftill to make them more... | |
 | William Boutcher - Forests and forestry - 1778 - 328 pages
...POPE'S caution to thofe indifcreet men who launch. beyond their depth, may with propriety be applied: " One fcience only will one genius fit ; " So vaft is...to peculiar arts, ** But oft' in thofe confin'd to fmgle parts." I. HAVE therefore in that refpect endeavoured to avail myfelf, from the unfuccefsful... | |
 | William Boutcher - 1778 - 334 pages
...POPE'S caution to thofe indifcreet men who launch beyond their depth, may with propriety be applied: " One fcience only will one genius fit; " So vaft is...to peculiar arts, " But oft' in thofe confin'd to fingle parts." • I HAVE therefore in that refpect endeavoured to avail myfelf, from the unfuccefsful... | |
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So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft' in those confin'd to single parts. 
