 So, cast and mingled with his very frame. The mind's disease, its ruling passion came; Each vital humour which should feed the whole, Soon flows to this, in body and in soul: Whatever warms the heart, or fills the head, As the mind opens, and its functions...  The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of ... - Page 78by William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 11 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...tothls, in body and in soul : 140 Whatever warms' the heart, or fills the head, As the mind o^ens, and its functions spread. Imagination plies her dangerous art, And pours it all upofl the peccant part. Nature its mother1, Habit is its nurse ; Wit, Spirit, Faculties, but make it... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...feed the whole, Soon flows to this, in body and in soul ; Whatever warms the heart, or fills die head, As the mind opens, and its functions spread, Imagination...sour *. This naturally leads the Poet to lament the weal-ness and insufficiency of human reason [from 1. 138 to 1,51]; and the honest purpose he had in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...heart, or fills the head, As the mind opens, and its functions spread, Imagination plies her dang'rous art, And pours it all upon the peccant part. Nature its mother, habit is its nurse ; 145 Wit, spirit, faculties, but make it worse ; Reason itself but gives it edge and pow'r ; As heav'n's... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1814 - 240 pages
...tracing the promulgation to its original source; for " Whatever warim the heart, or fills the head, As the mind opens, and its functions spread, Imagination...dangerous art, And pours it all upon the peccant part." J. TAYLOR. June 14th, 1-DH. ESSAY GHOSTS AND APPARITIONS. JL HERE is no folly more predominant, in... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...heart, or fills the head, As the mind opens, and its functions spread, Imagination plies her dang'rous art, And pours it all upon the peccant part. Nature its mother, habit is its nurse ; 145 Wit, spirit, faculties, but make it worse 5 Reason itself but gives it edge and pow'r, As heav'n's... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1815 - 268 pages
...tracing the promulgation to its original source; for • " Whatever warms (he heart, or 611s the bead, As the mind opens, and its functions spread, Imagination...plies her dangerous art, And pours it all upon the pecaut part." J. TAYLOR. London, Harch 30,1815. ESSAY ON GHOSTS AND APPARITIONS. J. HERE is no folly... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pages
...Epi't. i\. 1. 131. And again, talking of this same ruling or master passion : Nature its mother, Hahit is its nurse ; • Wit, spirit, faculties, but make...worse ; Reason itself but gives it edge and power ; As heav'n's bless'd beam turns vinegar more sour. Ibid. 1. 145. Lord Bolingbroke, speaking of historians... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 434 pages
...swallows up the rest. Episl. ii. 1. 131, And again, talking of this same ruling or master passion : Nature its mother, Habit is its nurse ; Wit, spirit,...worse; Reason itself but gives it edge and power ; As heav'n's bless'd beam turns vinegar more sour. Ibid. 1. 145Lord Bolingbroke, speaking of historians... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pages
...same ruling or master passion : Nature its mother, Habit is its nurse ; Wit, spirit, faculties, hut make it worse; . Reason itself but gives it edge and power ; As heav'n's bless'd beam turns vinegar more sour. Ibid. 1.45. Lord Bolingbroke, speaking of historians... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...feed the whole, Soon flows to this, in body and in soul : Whatever warms the heart, or fills the head, =M+8=M+@ L+ We, wretched subjects though to lawful sway, In this weak queen, some favourite still obey : Ah ! if... | |
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