 | Samuel Butler - 1750 - 488 pages
...RALPHO, Nothing but th' abufe Of Human Learning you produce ; Learning, that cobweb of the brain, 1340 Profane, erroneous, and vain; A trade of knowledge, as replete As others are with fraud and cheat i An art t'incumber Gifts and Wit, And render both for nothing fit ; 1345 Makes Light unaftive, dull,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1753 - 466 pages
...produce ; Learning, that cobweb of the brain, 1340 Profane, erroneous, and vain ; A trade of knowlege as replete As others are with fraud and cheat : An art t' incumber gifls and wit, And render both for nothing fit ; '345 Makes tight onacYive, dull, and troubled, Like... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 406 pages
...Humane Learning y ou produce ; Learning , that Cobweb of the Brain 3 "Profane , erroneous 3 and vain i A Trade of Knowledge as replete As others are with fraud and Cheat :. An Art t'incumber Gifts and Wit , And render both for nothing fit ; Makes Light «native , dull and troubled... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 400 pages
...th'Abufe Of Humane Learningyou produce i Learning , that Cobweb of the Brain > Profane 3 erroneous 3 and vain ,• A Trade of Knowledge as replete As others are with fraud and Cheat f An Art t'incumber Gifts and Wit , And render both for nothing fit f Makes Light unactive , dull and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1761 - 570 pages
...RALPHO, Nothing but th" Abufe Of Human Learning you produce ; Learning, that Cobweb of the Brain, 1340 Profane, erroneous, and vain; A Trade of Knowledge,...replete As others are with Fraud and Cheat: An Art t'incumber Gifts and Wit, And render both for nothing fit ; -1345 Makes Light una£tive, dull, and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1773 - 404 pages
...human learning you produce ; Learning, that cobweb of the brain, Profane, erroneous, and vain ; 1J49 A trade of knowledge, as replete As others are with fraud and cheat r An art t' encumber gifts and wit, And render both for nothing fit ; Makes light inactive, dull and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 338 pages
...have no other "rule but the Carpenter's, nor any writing or reading «' but the Score and the Tally." A trade of knowledge, as replete As others are with...nothing fit ; Makes Light unaftive, dull, and troubled, 1 34.5 Like little David in Saul's doublet : A cheat that fcholars put upon Other men's reafon and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 372 pages
...let's ftop here, 1380 And reft our weary'd bones a while, Already tir'd with other toil. HUDIBRAS. A trade of knowledge, as replete As others are with...wit, And render both for nothing fit; Makes Light una&ivei dull, and troubled, Like little David in Saul's doubleti A cheat that fcholars put upon Other... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 738 pages
...no univerfities, and that all books were burnt " except the Bible." HUD-IBRAS, PARTI. CANTO III. *&' A trade of knowledge, as replete As others are with fraud and cheat f An art t' incumber Gifts and wit, And render both for nothing fit; Makes Light unaftive, dull, and... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...from Cod," &c. L 2 Learning, Learning, that cobweb of the brain, Profane, erroneous, and vain; 1340 A trade of knowledge, as replete As others are with...incumber Gifts and wit» And render both for nothing fit ; Ver. 1339.] Ralphowas as great an enemy to human learning as Jack Cade and his fellow rebels. Cade's... | |
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Nothing but th' abuse Of human learning you produce ; Learning, that cobweb of the brain, Profane, erroneous, and vain ; A trade of knowledge, as replete As others are with fraud and cheat ; An art t... 
