 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 358 pages
...The moving legions mingled in the war. But much more fweet thy labouring fteps to guide To virtue's heights, with wifdom well fupply'd, And all the magazines...learning fortify'd : From thence to look below on human-kind, Bewilder'd in the maze of life, and blind : To fee vain fools ambitioufly contend For wit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...The moving legions mingled in the war. But much more fweet thy labouring fteps to guide To virtue's heights, with wifdom well fupply'd, And all the magazines of learning fortify'd ; From thence io look below on human-kind, Bewilder'd-in the maze of life, and blind : To fee vain fools ambitioufly... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...thy lifaVing fteps to guide ^ To virtue's heights, withwiidom well Tup- / piy'd, r j-^fj 1 .ill th. magazines of learning fortify'd: •* From thence to look below on human kind* Bewildei'J in the maie of lite, and bfind. Tlic mftitution has, indeed, continued to our own time;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 460 pages
...Errare, atque viam palantels quterere vite. - 'Tis fweet thy lab'ring fteps to guide "\ To virtue's heights, with wifdom well fupply'd, > And all the magazines of learning fortify'd : • J From thence to look below on human kind, Ecwilder'd in the maze of life, and blind, DRYDEN.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 472 pages
...DrJ}ii.rrt wide qiieas a.'ics, paffimqut viJrro £rr<nv> atfm viam palanttii fiueroro vit*. To virtue's heights, with wifdom well fupply'd, / And all the magazines of learning fortify'd ; > 'Tis fweet thy lab'ring fteps to guide } From thence to look below on human kind, BrwilJer'd in... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 pages
...But much more fweet thy labouring fteps to"* guide ( To virtue's heights, with wifdom well fupp!y'd,( And all the magaz.ines of learning fortify'd : „ From thence to look below on human kind, Bcwilder'd in the maze of life, and blind; Bk lij To fee vain foolt ambitioufly contend For wit and... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...of the beginning of Lucretius's fecond book : Defpicere unde queas alios, pa.fsimque videre Errare : From thence to look below on human kind, Bewilder'd in the maze of life, and blind. Dryden. Ver. 197. — • " a liv'ry'd lord :" — thai; is, diftinguifhed by the fervlle uniform of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 pages
...The moving legions mingled in tlie war. But much more fwoet thy labouring fteps to juM To virtue's heights, with wifdom well fupply'd, And all the magazines...learning fortify'd : From thence to look below on human-kind, Bewildcr'd in the maze of life, and blind : To fee vain fools ambitioufly contend For wit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...videre Errare, atque mam palanteis quarere vite. 'Tis fwect thy lab'ring fleps to guide To virtue's heights, with wifdom well fupply'd, And all the magazines...human kind, Bewilder'd in the maze of life, and blind. DRTDEN. The inftitution has, indeed, continued to our own time ; the garret is ftill the ufual receptacle... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...vie/ere Errare, atque vlam palanteis quarcre vitf. 'Tis fweet thy lab'ring fteps to guide To virtue's heights, with wifdom well fupply'd, And all the magazines...fortify'd : From thence to look below on human kind, Ikwildcr'd in the maze of life, and blind. DRYDEN. The inftituiion has, indeed, continued to our own... | |
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The institution has, indeed, continued to our own time ; the garret is still the usual receptacle of the philosopher and poet ; but this, like many ancient customs, is perpetuated only by an accidental imitation, without knowledge of the original reason... 
