 Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains...  Poems on Several Occasions - Strona 36autor: Christopher Smart - 1752 - Liczba stron: 230Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Alexander Pope - 1796 - Liczba stron: 264
...depth, but be difcreet, 50 And mark that point where fenle and dulnefs meet. Nature to al! tilings fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...plains ; 55 Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folk! pow'r of under/landing (ails; Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's foft figures... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - Liczba stron: 574
...depth, but be dilcrect, And marls that point where lenlcnncl dulncfsmcct. Natureto all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending wit: As on the land while here the eccsn g-.iins, In other parts it leaves wide lamty plains ; Thus in the foul while memory prevails,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - Liczba stron: 444
...depth, but be difcreet, 50 And mark that point where fenfe and dullnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...parts it leaves wide fandy plains ; 55 Thus in the Soul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underflanding fails ; Where NOTES. heightens the fatire,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - Liczba stron: 442
...depth, but be difcreet, 50 And mark that point where fenfe and dullnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...parts it leaves wide fandy plains ; 55 Thus in the Soul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of understanding fails ; Where NOTES. heightens the fatire,... | |
 | John Walker - 1799 - Liczba stron: 438
...much of the diftin&nefs, and almoft all the harmony, will be loft. EXAMPLE. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...gains, • In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains ; Thus in the foul, while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails ; Where beams of... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - Liczba stron: 424
...lost. EXAMPLE. Nature to all things fix'cl the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wk; As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul, while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding fails } Where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - Liczba stron: 236
...mark that point where sense and dulness meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; 5$ Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding fails ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - Liczba stron: 496
...liullnefs meet. 51 Nature to all thing? fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretcrdirg wit : As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide faudy pUins ; 55 Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The fob'd power of undcrftanding fails ; Where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - Liczba stron: 558
...depth, but be difcreet, 50 And mark that point where fenfe and dulnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...gains, In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains j 55 Thus in the Soul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails j Where NOTES.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - Liczba stron: 550
...that point where fenfe and dulnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely eurb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here...parts it leaves wide fandy plains ; 55 Thus in the Soul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails $ Where NOTES. of the Nile. Pope... | |
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