 We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a muse: Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce: Or set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance.  The Dunciad, in four books - Page 200by Alexander Pope - 1757Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...We only furnish what he cannot use, 261 Or wed to what he must divorce, a Muse : Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce ; Or, set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance. With the same cement ever... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...rhyme. We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a Muse : Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce : Or set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance. With the same cement, ever... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...î6o We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a Muse : Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a Genius to a Dunce : Or set on Metaphysic ground to prance, l [A. Gellius' Noctes A ttica; is little but a scrap- master of... | |
 | Quotations - 1869 - 534 pages
...outweighs you all. This is a quotation generally employed in an ironical sense. "Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce." Cela est bel et boil, mais de 1' argent vaut mieux. Er — " All that is very well, but I don't like... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 984 pages
...rhyme. We only furnish what he can not use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a muse : Full in the midst led) used formerly to assemble; that is to say, five or six set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance. With the same cement, ever... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...200 We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a Muse : Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce ; 2 1 ' Divinity : ' a word much affected by the learned Aristarchus in common .conversation, to signify... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. THOMSON: Seasons. Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce. Who stifle nature, and subsist on art, Who coin the face, and petrify the heart. YOUNG. ELOQUENCE.... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1875 - 540 pages
...outweighs you all. This is a quotation generally employed in an ironical sense. "Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius" to a dunce." Cela est bel et bon, mats de 1' argent vaut mieux. Fr — " All that is very well, but I don't like... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...260 We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a muse : Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce : Or, set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance. With the same cement, ever... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. THOMSON : Seasons. Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce. Who stifle nature, and subsist on art, Who coin the face, and petrify the heart. YOUNG. ELOQUENCE.... | |
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