 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - 270 pages
...swcllM with win Pride, where wil fails, steps in to oui dutence, .And fills up nil the mighty iroid of sense. If once right reason drives that cloud away. Truth breaks upon us wi;.h resistless day. Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend — and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1842 - 262 pages
...wind. Pride, where wit fails, steps inlfo our defeace, And fdls up all the mighty void of seuse. 9 If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth...day. Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Blake use of ev'ry friund — and ev'ry foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1843 - 222 pages
...fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. 2. If once right reason dnves that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless...ev*ry foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring s There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 884 pages
...Pride; For as in bodies, llius in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind: Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, And...yourself; but your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend-and ev'ry foe. A Hull' learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:... | |
 | My school-boy days - 1844 - 190 pages
...needless pride; For, as in bodies, so in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits swells in wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense: In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies, All quit their sphere or rush into the skies : Pride... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...pride; For as in bodies, thus in souls we find What wants in blood and spirits, filled 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 learning3 is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...of wit these lose their common sense, And then turns critics in their own defence." — I. 28, 29. " Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense." — I, 209, 10. " Some by old words to fame have made pretence, Ancients in phrase, mere moderns in... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pages
...of wit these lose their common sense, And then turns critics in their own defence."—I. 28, 29. '' Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense."—I. 209, 10. " Some by old words to fame have made pretence, Ancients in phrase, mere moderns... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 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 - 1847 - 488 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... | |
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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. 
