For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write. about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silk-worm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2541845Full view - About this book
| John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...be carefully avoided, jest we fall into the fault ridiculed by Pope in his Dunciad : f Explain upon a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it Goddess and about it. "When argument and reasoning have produced their full effect, then, and not till then, the pa-> thetic... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 184 pages
...the pole. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : 250 For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silk-worm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er. What... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 196 pages
...flock. See ! still thy own, the heavy cannon roll, And metaphysic smokes involve the pole. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : 250 For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...the Pile. For thee we aim the eyes, and (tuff the head With all fuch reading as was never read: »jo For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddefs, and about it: So fpins the fiik-worm fmail its /lender (lore, An.1 labours, till it clouds... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...Plato let them seek ; I poach in Suidas for unlicens'd Greek. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuft'the head, With all such reading as was never read ; For...doubt it, And write about it, Goddess ! and about it. Lastly Lastly, in this 4th book, the sudden appearance of Amiius, v. 347, of Mummius, 371, and of a... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...prose again. For attic phrase in Plato let them setk; I poach in Suidas for unlicens'd Greek. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head, With all such...; For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, write about it, Goddess ! and about it. Lastly Lastly, in this 4th book, the sudden appearance of Annius,... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...seek; I poach in Suidas for unlicens'd Greek. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head, "With ail such reading as was never read ; For thee explain...doubt it. And write about it, Goddess ! and about it. Lastly, Lastly, in this 4th book, the sudden appearance of Annius, v. 347, of Mummius, 371, and of... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...setk; I poach in Suidas for unlicens'd Greek. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff' the head, '\Vith all such reading as was never read ; For thee explain...a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Go.dde.«s ! and about it. Lastly Lastly, in this 4th book, the sudden appearance of Annius, v. 347,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 468 pages
...read ; For thee fupplying, in the worft of days, Notes to dull books, and prologues to dull plays ; For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddefs, and about it ; 170 So So fpins the filk-worm fmall its flender ftore, And labours, 'till it... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 442 pages
...read ; For thee fupplying, in the worft of days, Notes to dull books, and prologues to dull plays ; For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddefs, and about it ; 170' So So fpins the fi4k-\vorm fmall its flender ftore, And labours, 'till... | |
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