 Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide.  Poems - Page 48by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 pages
...attention first of all upon himself— that was inevitable. — DE QUINCEY. CS Note I. — a. Errors in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. C. 8. 6. Some place the bliss in action, some in ease; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these.... | |
 | John Baillie - 1859 - 324 pages
...them. " Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill, Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will; And, with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide." Conscience once more startled him. " I had observed of other sceptics/' says he, " that, through enquiring... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...COWPEE. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill, Bend the straight rule to their own crooked wm, And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. COWPEE. Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these, reciprocally, those again. The mind... | |
 | John Gibbs (architect.) - 1861 - 256 pages
...JOHN GIBBS. " Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free." " Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." WARD & LOCK, 158, FLEET-STREET. 1861. TO THE REV. LORD SAYE AND SELE, DCL, OP BROUGHTON CASTLE, OXON,... | |
 | Philologos (pseud.) - 1865 - 116 pages
...IV. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...awkward pace, Secure of nothing— but to lose the race. PROGRESS op ERROR. Nor stay you here. There's more behind ; More papal nonsense, dark and blind, As... | |
 | William Cowper - 1870 - 574 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will; And, with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...crutches of unequal size, One leg by truth supported, cue by lies, They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing— but to lose the race. Faults... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1870 - 868 pages
...content! " Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill, Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide." I design in the present article merely to throw out some hints respecting what is needed by a young... | |
 | William Howard Van Doren - 1871 - 536 pages
...troublesome adviser into prison and stifie its voice. Unrighteousness the fountain of all error. " Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." Gowper. Truth held in unrighteousness the root of all idolatry. The cause of the terrible success of... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...every wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked CkDkEk Z j Xn] j j j j&k'k(k)k*k+k,kwD i i i gLkMkNkycNj f f f cratches of unequal size, One leg by truth supported, one by lies ; They sidle to the goal with awkward... | |
 | William Cowper (the Poet.) - 1872 - 264 pages
...wrong with an ingenious skill, Bend the straight rule to their own erooked will, And, with a elear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on erutehes of unequal size, i One leg by truth supported, one by lies, They sidle to the goal with awkward... | |
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