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" To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith, but bungling bigotry. Both knave and fool the merchant we may call, To pay great sums, and to compound the small ; For -who would break with Heaven, and would not break for all? "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 13
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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Miscellany Poems: Containing Variety of New Translations of the ..., Volume 4

John Dryden - 1716 - 416 pages
...frantick Pain To conftrue what his cleareft Words contain, And make a Riddle what he made fo plain 3 To take up half on truft, and half to try, Name it not Faith, but bungling Biggotry. Both Knave and Fool the Merchant we may call To pay great Summs, and to compound the Imail....
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1760 - 488 pages
...frantic pain To conftrue what his cleareft words contain, And make a riddle what he made fo plain ? To take up half on truft, and half to try, Name it...break for all ? ] Reft then, my foul, from endlefs anguifh freed : Nor fciences thy guide, nor fenfe thy creed. Faith is the beft enfuer of thy blifs...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pages
...frantic pain To conftrue what his cleareft words contain, And make a riddle what he made fo plain ? To take up half on truft, and half to try, Name it...bungling bigotry. Both knave and fool the merchant we may call.T To pay great fums and to compound thefmall; \ For who would break with heaven, and would f not...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1767 - 388 pages
...frantic pain . To conftrue what his cleareft words contain, And make a riddle what he made fo plain ? To take up half on truft, and half to try, Name it...not break for all ? Reft then, my foul, from endlefs anguifh freed : Nor fcicnces thy guide, nor fenfe thy creed. Faith is the beft enfurer of thy blifs...
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Original Poems, Volume 2

John Dryden - 1773 - 268 pages
...frantic pain To conftrae what his cleareft words contain, And make a riddle what he made io plain .' To take up half on truft, and half to try, Name it...faith, but bungling bigotry. Both knave and fool the merehant we may call, To pay great fums, and to compound the fmall : / For who would break with heav'n,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...so plain ? 3 To take up half on trust, and half to try, 141 Name it not faith, hut hungling higotry. Both knave and fool the merchant we may call, To pay great sums, and to compound t lte small : For who would break with Heav'n, and would nut break for all ?...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 19

English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...frantic pain To conftrue what his cleareft words contain, And make a riddle what he made fo plain ? To take up half on truft, and half to try, Name it...not break for all? Reft then, my foul, from endlefs anguifh freed : Nor fciences thy guide, nor fenfe thy creed. Faith is the beft enfurer of thy blifs...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Dryden. Rochester ...

1793 - 806 pages
...frantic pain J To corftrue what his cleared words contain, > And make a riddle.what he made fo plain.' j To take up half on truft, and half to try. Name it...bungling bigotry. Both knave and fool the merchant we may са11Л To pay great fums, and to compound the {mail: f For who would break with be a ven, and would...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 842 pages
...frantic pain To cor ftrue what his cleareft words contain, And make a riddle what he made fo plain ? To take up half on truft, and half to try, Name it not fiith, but bungling bigotry. Both knave and fool the merchant we may call," To pay great fums, and...
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...real prefence. To take up half on trujl , and half to tryj Name it not faith, but bungling bigptry. Both knave and fool, the merchant we may call. To...break with Heaven , and would not break for all•? No fooncr had I fettled my new religion than 1 refolved to profefs myfelf a catholic. Youth is, fincere...
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