 | Samuel Butler - 1704 - 618 pages
...ferve to anfwer tfcee agen : Quoth Rafpho, Nothing but th' abufe Of Humane Learning you produce.,\ ^}j Learning^ that Cobweb of the Brain, Profane , erroneous,...as replete As others are with fraud and cheat : An Artt' incumber Gifts and Wit, And render both for nothing fit ; Makes light unadive, dull and troubled,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1704 - 232 pages
...Controverfie, we fell out; And what thou know'ft I anfwer'd then, VVill ferve to anfwer tbee agen : A trade of Knowledge as replete As others are with fraud and cheat : An Artt* incumber Gifts and Wit, And render both for nothing fit; ' Makes //g^n*&vef|ftll and'troubled... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1709 - 654 pages
...we fell out; And what thou know'ft I anfwer'd then, Will ferve to anfwer thee agen : Quoth Ralfbo, Nothing but th* Abufe Of Humane Learning you produce...Wit, And render both for nothing fit ; Makes Light unaftive, dull and troubled, Like little David in Saul's Doublet : A Cheat that Scholars put upon Orher... | |
 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...inftrufted me, Bor which youVe earn'd, here 'tis, your Fee LEARNING. Learning, that Cobwefyof the Brain ; A Trade of Knowledge as replete As others are with Fraud and Cheat: A Cheat that Scholars put upon Other Men's Reafon and their own ; A Fort of Errour"to infcsnfe Abfurdity... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1744 - 570 pages
...7,13 3 8. Nothing but th''Abufe —Of Human Learning, 84 the Learning, that Cobweb of the Brain, 1340 Profane, erroneous, and vain; A Trade of Knowledge as replete As others are with Fraud and Cheat: theTatler, N°173.) Dr.South, (Sermons,vol.3. p. 500.) makes the following Obfervation upon that Reforming... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1750 - 488 pages
...Human Learning you produce ; Learning, that cobweb of the brain, 1340 Profane, erroneous, and vain j 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 ; 1345 Makes Light unaftive, dull, and trouble!... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
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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... 
