OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever nature has in worth denied, She gives in large recruits of needful... The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 44by Alexander Pope - 1871 - 10 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...strongest bias rules, la pride, the never-failing rice of foole. Whatever nature has in worth denied. She gives in large recruits of needful pride ! For...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... | |
| Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...strongest bias rules Is pride, the never'failing vice of fools : Whatever nature has in worth deny'd, She gives in large recruits of needful pride. For...bodies, thus in souls, we find, What wants in blood and spirit!t, swell'd with wind. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, . And fills up all the... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth denied She giies in large recruits of needful pride : For as in bodies,...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... | |
| Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...rules !•* pride, the never-failing vice of fools : Whatever nature has in worth deny'd. She gives id large recruits of needful pride. For as in bodies,...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pages
...strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever nature has in worth deny'd, She gives in large recruits of needful pride ! For, as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants m blood, and spirits, swell'd with win* Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...the never-failing voiee of fools. Whatever nature has in worth deny'd, She gives in large reeruits o flowers, that their gay wardrobe wear, When first the white-thom blows ; Sueh, Lyeidas, t swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit tails, steps in to our defenee, And fills up all the mighty void... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 pages
...strongest bias rules, Is pride ; the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever nature has in worth deny'd, She gives in large recruits of needful pride ! •...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 «B the mighty void... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...resistless day. Trust not yourself; but, your detects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend—and ^v'ry foe. She gives in large recruits of needful pride! For,...as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in Mood and spirits, swcll'd with wind. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...the never failing vice of fools. Whatever nature has in worth deny'd, She gjves in large recruits ot 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, Ami fills up all the mighty void... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...thus in souls, we find What wants in hlood and spirits, swell'd with wiud : Pride, where wit falle, seuse, f ouce right reasou drives that clond away, Trnth hreaks upou us with resistless day. Trnst... | |
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