 She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.  Poems on Several Occasions - Page 48by Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - English literature - 1799 - 408 pages
...worth deny'd She gives in large recruits of needlefs pride ! For, as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind,...to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of lenfe. If once right Reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Truft... | |
 | Daniel Fenning - English language - 1800 - 134 pages
...ANOTHER. Whatever nature has in worili deny'd. She gives in large recruits of needful priJt i Pride, when wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of fenfe. TABLE V. A Colleflion of Alphabetical Senttncts in Prtfa priptr ftr WRITING-PIECES. . ACTION keeps... | |
 | Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with winds Pride, where wit fails, fleps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of fenfe.—Pope. She gives in large recruits of needful pride. . \ PASSION. imaginable. , It is faid,... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1803 - 228 pages
...souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, svvall'd with wind ; Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. If once right reason drives tbT.t cloud away, Truth braaks upon us with resistless day. Trust... | |
 | Extracts - 1805 - 1050 pages
...What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, An I fills up all the mighty void of fenfe. If once right...drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with reliftlefs day. Truft not yourfelf ; but, your deff 61s to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend— and ev'ry... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1805 - 288 pages
...fouls, we find What wants in blood and rpirits^fwell'd with wind. Pride, where wit fails, fteps into our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of fenfe. If once right rtafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Truft not yourfelf ; but,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 554 pages
...deny'd, 205 She gives in large recruits of needful Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind...defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If COMMENTARY. VER. 200. T admire fnperior fenfe, and doutl tlieir own !j This line concludes the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind r Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If COMMENTARY. VER. 200. T' admire fuperior fenfe, and doubt their own ! J This line concludes... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...in souls, we find What "wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind: Prid^ where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...in souls, we find What wants in hlood and spirits swell dw,th wxnd : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence. And fills up all the mighty void of sense : If once right reason drives that clond away, Truth hreaks upon us with resistless day Trust... | |
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