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" Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains... "
Poems on Several Occasions - Page 36
by Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 lehte
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The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 1. köide

Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 lehte
...where fenfe and dulnefs meet. U Nature Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely cwrb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the Ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide Tandy plains ; Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folid jtow'r of underftanding fails ; Wh^re...
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Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I ...

1720 - 302 lehte
...•/*' ^\ndnrark that point where fenfe and dulncfs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fir,. And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on...gains, In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains;. Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails; Where beams of warm...
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Miscellaneous Poems and Translations, 1. köide

Alexander Pope - 1722 - 294 lehte
...depth, but be difcreet, And mark that point where fenfe and dulnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...gains. In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains; Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails; Where beams of warm...
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An essay on criticism. With notes by mr. Warburton

Alexander Pope - 1749 - 110 lehte
...depth, but be difereet, 50 And mark that point where fenfe and dulneftmeet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...gains, In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains ; 5$ Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The foljd pow'r of underftanding fails ; NOTES. .jr 51....
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 lehte
...always write as heavily as a dunce. An obfervation well worm the attention of all profound writers. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other...wide fandy plains ; 55 Thus in the foul while memory prevail*, The folid pow'r of under/landing fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 1. köide

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 lehte
...wjlltilvyays write as heavily as a dunce. An obfervation well worth the attention of all profound writers. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other...wide fandy plains ; 55 Thus in the foul while memory prevail*, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., 1. köide

Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 lehte
...depth, but be difcreet, 50 And mark that point where fenfe and dulnefs meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...gains, In other parts it leaves wide fandy plains; J5 Thus in the foul while memory prevails, The folid pow'r of underftanding fails; Where beams of warm...
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A Parallel: In the Manner of Plutarch: Between a Most Celebrated Man of ...

Joseph Spence - 1758 - 112 lehte
...genius and poet frequently complain, who fays fo happily, as he did every thing, in one of his poems ; " As on the land, while here the ocean gains, ^ " In other parts it leaves wide fandy, plains ; " Thus in the foul while memory prevails, " The folid power of underftanding fails. " Where beams...
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A vindication of natural society, by Edm. Burke. The history and antiquities ...

Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 lehte
...complain, who fays fo happily, as he did every thing, in one of his Poems j ; As on the Land, ivhile here the Ocean gains, In other Parts it leaves 'wide fandy Plains ; Thus in the Soul nvhile Memory prevails, The folid Power of Underjlanding fails ; Where Beams of...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 lehte
...which he expreflfes this ientiment are incomparable. ' ' . * -•:-.' ": Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, " And wifely curb'd proud man's pretending...wit. ' ' " As on the land while here the ocean gains, f' In other parts it leaves wide Tandy plains ; * w " Thus " Thus in the foul while memory prevails,...
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