 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...out the last dull droppings of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of Impotence. Such shameless Bards we have ; and yet, 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too. 611 The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...out the last dull droppings of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of impotence. Such shameless bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad,...of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always listening to himself appears. All books he reads, and all he reads... | |
 | 1849 - 472 pages
...well as intrinsic value, I should doubtless have notably illustrated Pope's alliterative couplet. " The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head." As it was, I ingorged with anacondine voracity innumerable writings, of which I had no glimmering comprehension,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...nine of impotence! Such shameless bards we have: and yet 'tis true, G10 There are as mad, abaudon'd critics too. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,...of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always listening to himself appears. All books he reads, and all he reads... | |
 | miss Elizabeth Warren - English language - 1850 - 92 pages
...The beginning two or more words with the same letter, to give them a sort of rhyming consonance. " The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head." — Pope. Walker's Dictionary. BLANK VERSE. Blank verse is without rhyme ; it generally consists of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 328 pages
...out the last dull droppings of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of impotence. Such shameless bards we have ; and yet 'tis true There are as mad...ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, i With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always listening to himself appears. All books he... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...race, As, after stumbling, jades will mend their pace. Such shameless bards we have ; and yet 't is true, There are as mad, abandon'd critics too. The...of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always listening to himself appears. All books he reads, and all he reads... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...rage of impotence ! so Such shameless bards we have ; and yet, 'tis true, There are as mad, abandoned critics too. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,...of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, 55 And always listening to himself appears. All books he reads, and all he... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...had, with greater ease; And, with its everlasting clack, Set all men's ears upon the rack. Butler. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads...of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always listenmg to himself appears. Pope. Is there a man of an eternal... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...the last dull droppings of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of impotence ! eio Such shameless bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad,...of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always listening to himself appears. All books he reads, and all he reads... | |
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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears. 
