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" Errors like Straws upon the surface flow; He who would search for Pearls must dive below. "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes - Page 323
by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821
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The Original Works of William King ...: Now First Collected ..., Volume 3

William King - 1776 - 330 pages
...before I hit upon almoft , the fame words that he has. in the following Prologue to " A^U " for Love." " Fops may have leave to level all they can, " As Pigmies would be glad to top a man. " Half-wits are fleas, fo little and fo light, fl We fcarce could know they live, but that...
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The Original Works of William King,: LL. D. Advocate of Doctors Commons ...

William King - 1776 - 326 pages
...I hit upon almo'ft the fame words that he has in the following Prologue to " All " for Love." . . " Fops may have leave to level, all they can, ** As Pigmies would be glad to top a. man. " Half-wits are fleas, fo little and fo light, '" We fearce could know they live, but that...
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays

John Bell - 1776 - 382 pages
...think at all ; Errors likefiraws upon the furface flow, He who wouldfearch for pearls, mujl dive helow, Fops may have leave to level all they can, As pigmies would he glad to lop a man. Half-wits are fleas, Jo lit tie and fa light, Wefcarce could know they live,...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 20

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 470 pages
...before I hit upon almoft the fame words that he has in the following Prologue to " All for Love:" " Fops may have leave to level all they can,. •' As Pigmies would be glad to top a man. •" Half-wits are fleas, fo little and fo light, " We fearce could know they live, but...
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays

John Bell - 1776 - 422 pages
...they can think at all ; Errors like ft raws upon the furface flow, He who wouldfearch for pearls, muft dive below. Fops may have leave to level all they...pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half-wits are fleas, fo little and ft light, Wefcarce could know they live, but that t/jcy bite, But, as the rich, when...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

John Bell - 1781 - 422 pages
...before l hit upon almoft the fame words that he has in the following prologue to All for Love : 4' Fops may have leave to level all they can, " As Pigmies would he glad to top a man. " Half-wits are ileas, fo little and Co light, " We fcavce could know they live...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...often in the right pl:u e. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines, Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The Busy Body: A Comedy

Susanna Centlivre - 1797 - 462 pages
...upon the surface flaw ; I • - ---- — f — -a•^l«,— rf — .,^£..— ./ \Hc who would starch for pearls must dive below . Fops may have leave to...can, As pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half-wits arc fleas, so little and so light, We scarce could hnow they live but that they bite. But as the rich,...
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Bell's British Theatre, Volume 16

John Bell - 1797 - 458 pages
...Heclors, in at ev'ry petty fray. Let those Jind fault whose wit's so very small They 'ave need to show that they can think at all. Errors like straws upon the surface flow ; He who would starch for pearls must dive below: Fops may have leave to level all they can, Ai pigmies would be glad...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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