 As Fancy opens the quick springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain; Confine the thought, to exercise the breath; And keep them in the pale of Words till death.  The Dunciad, in four books - Page 185by Alexander Pope - 1757Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...IMITATIONS. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, 155 As Fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit,...and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise ihe breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. 163 Whate'er the talents, or howe'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 400 pages
...is the better. Plac'd at the door of Learning, youth to guide, We never fuffer it to ftand too wide. To afk, to guefs, to know, as they commence, As Fancy opens the quick fprings of Senfe, 156 We RE MARKS. rians, of the beft ages ; that is, thofe authors, " that fupply moft axioms of prudence,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...too wide. To alk, togucfs, to know, as they commence, 155 As Fancy opens the quick fprings of Senfe, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit,...and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to excrcifc the breath; And keep them in the pale of Words till death. lío Whate'cr the talents, or howe'erdeffgn'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 196 pages
...too wide. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, 155 As Fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit,...and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. 160 Whute'er the talents, or howe'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 468 pages
...is the better. Plac'd at the door of Learning, youth to guide, We never fuffer it to ftand too wide. To afk, to guefs, to know, as they commence, As Fancy...of Senfe, 156 We ply the Memory, we load the brain, Blind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercife the breath ; And keep... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 442 pages
...better. Plac'd at the door of Learning, youth to guide, We never fuffer it to ftand too wide. To aflc, to guefs, to know, as they commence, As Fancy opens...of Senfe, 156 We ply the Memory, we load the brain, Blind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercife the breath ; And keep... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...IMITATIONS. v. 14°. Dropping n-Hhinfant't Maori, &c.] * First Mutocti, hurrilt king, bc-smear'd with blood We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit,...and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. ICO Whatc'er the talents, or howe'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...stand too wide. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit,...and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath ; And keep them in the pale of words till death. iCO REMARKS. effects which a pretence... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...stand too wide. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit,...and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. Whate'er the talents, or howe'er... | |
 | sir Martin Archer Shee - 1809 - 438 pages
...and till, and sow, and plant incessantly, to counteract its sterility, without waiting for a crop. " We ply the memory, we load the brain, " Bind rebel...and double chain on chain, " Confine the thought to exercise the breath, " And keep them in the pale of words till death." POPE. We may be said to play... | |
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