 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...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...Make use of ev'ry friend, and ev'ry foe. A little /earning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...where wit fails, steps in to oar defence, And Oils up all the mighty void of sense. 2. If once rigtu reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us...yourself ; but, your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend->-and ev'ry foe. 3. Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...pride: For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find Whatwants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind: Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And...not yourself; but your defects to know, Make use of every friend—and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...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. 210 If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...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. 210 If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust not... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...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. 2. If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust not... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pages
...defence, And fills up all the mighiy void <i•' sense. If once right reason drives that cloud away, That breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust not yourself; but your defects to know, Make usv of ev ry friend—and e\'iy foe. A little learmng is * dangerous thing; ilr.-.k deep, or taU'S... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...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. " A little learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...surprendre a n'avoir que cette sorte de merite, il en rougiroit plutot que d'en etre vain." Warburton. If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth...ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe. A little learning is a dang'rous thing; 215 Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : COMMENTARY. Ver. 215. A little learning,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...pride! For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : ght. Some few, reasqn drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust not yourself; but, your... | |
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If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust not yourself; but your defects to know Make use of every friend — and every foe. 
