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" She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. "
The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ... - Page 80
by Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 578 pages
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The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 pages
...bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwelFd with wind : Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the...Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day ; Truft not your feif ; but your defects to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend and ev'ry foe. . A little Learning is...
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Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I ...

1720 - 302 pages
...bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the....Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day; Truft not your felf; but your defects to know, Make .«fe of ev'ry friend——and ev'ry foe. A little learning...
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Miscellaneous Poems and Translations, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1722 - 294 pages
...bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits^fwelTd witlrwind : . fride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of fenfe ! If once right feafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day; Truft not yout felf ; but...
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An essay on criticism. With notes by mr. Warburton

Alexander Pope - 1749 - 110 pages
...bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. a IQ If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Truft not...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...mame jufqu' a la dignite de SCHOLIASTS ; " ficet horn me vt noil ii pel'er fon veritable merit e, il If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth...with refiftlefs day. Truft not yourfelf ; but your defe&s to know, Make ufe of ev'ry friend— and ev'ry foe. A little learning is a dang'rous thing ;...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 pages
...bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwelPd with wind ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe, 210 Ha If VER. 189. Hail, Pards triumphant!] There is a pleafaniry in this title, which alludes to...
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Poems on Several Occasions

Christopher Smart - 1752 - 264 pages
...thus in fouls we find, . 210 What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the...cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day ; 215 Truft De ARTE CRITICA. 51 Laudes ufque adco meritas vox quaeque rependat, 200 Humanique fimul...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 pages
...bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Trufr. not...
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The British Palladium: Or, Annual Miscellany of Literature and ..., Volume 3

1753 - 204 pages
...th« weak Head with ftrongeft Byat rules, Is Pride, the never failing Vice of Foals ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in, to our Defence, And fills up all the mighty Paid of Senfe. Popz. By Pride and Vanity the Serrant, in Opinion, equals or exceeds hi« Matter. As...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Trufl not...
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