...of wit these lose their common sense, And then turns critics in their own defence." — I. 28, 29. " Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense." — I, 209, 10. " Some by old words to fame have made pretence, Ancients in phrase, mere moderns in...

...of wit these lose their common sense, And then turns critics in their own defence."—I. 28, 29. '' Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense."—I. 209, 10. " Some by old words to fame have made pretence, Ancients in phrase, mere moderns...

...strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.13 Whatever nature has in worth denied, She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For...with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense : no If once right reason drives that cloud away,...

...strongest Byass rules, Is Pride, the never-failing Vice of Fools. Whatever Nature has in Worth deny'd, 205 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...

...begin, and the future pages of history may contain full evidence, and convey full proof that CHAPTER II "Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence And fills up all the mighty void of sense — POPE, Essay on Criticism, 209. "But why should the operations of nature be changed? There may be...

...been neglected. Perhaps vanity prompted the production:- But, it should have been recollected, that "Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, "And fills up all the mighty void of sense." I am, Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant, A TRUE BLUE. 3rd. Dec., 1806 Tregortha, Printer. Burslem. 1807.1...

...strongest Biass rules, Is Pride, that 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 & Spirits, swell'd with Wind. Hear Reason, or she'll make you feel her. Give me yesterday's Bread,...

...the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. In Down and Dirty Birding, Joey Slinger put the matter this way: "When they used to burn witches, the...

...situation, a cultivated mind is necessary to render I Misquoted from Pope, An Essay on Criticism (i7ii): "Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, / And fills up all the mighty void of sense!" 208-09. a woman contented; and in a miserable one, it is her only consolation. A sensible, delicate...