 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.  Juvenile poems - Page 112by Alexander Pope - 1757Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwelFd with wind : Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And...Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day ; Truft not your feif ; but your defects to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend and ev'ry foe. . A little Learning is... | |
 | English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And....Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day; Truft not your felf; but your defects to know, Make .«fe of ev'ry friend——and ev'ry foe. A little learning... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1722 - 294 pages
...Eor as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits^fwelTd witlrwind : . fride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of fenfe ! If once right feafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day; Truft not yout felf ; but... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1749 - 110 pages
...Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. a IQ If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Truft not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...mame jufqu' a la dignite de SCHOLIASTS ; " ficet horn me vt noil ii pel'er fon veritable merit e, il If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth...with refiftlefs day. Truft not yourfelf ; but your defe&s to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend— and ev'ry foe. A little learning is a dang'rous thing ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...Pride; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwelPd with wind ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe, 210 Ha If VER. 189. Hail, Pards triumphant!] There is a pleafaniry in this title, which alludes to... | |
 | Christopher Smart - English poetry - 1752 - 264 pages
...For as in bodies, thus in fouls we find, . 210 What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And...cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day ; 215 Truft De ARTE CRITICA. 51 Laudes ufque adco meritas vox quaeque rependat, 200 Humanique fimul... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 pages
...Pride ; For" as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Trufr. not... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1753 - 204 pages
...the Mind, What th« weak Head with ftrongeft Byat rules, Is Pride, the never failing Vice of Foals ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in, to our Defence, And fills up all the mighty Paid of Senfe. Popz. By Pride and Vanity the Serrant, in Opinion, equals or exceeds hi« Matter. As... | |
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