 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...bewilder'd in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools ; In search of w it these lose their common sense, And then turn critics in their own defence;Eachburn, alike who can, ior cannot write, 3« Or with a rival's, or an eunuch's spite. All... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...defac'd : 25. Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools : In search of wit these lose their common sense, And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike who can or cannot write, 30 Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite. All fools have... | |
 | Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Artists - 1805 - 432 pages
...checked ; as he would want a stimulus ; and he will be likely to share the fate of the common herd. In search of wit, these lose their common sense, And then turn critics in their own defence. POPE. Accidental >ha- Those accidental shadows that result from the . intervention of diciouslintro"... | |
 | Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Artists - 1805 - 422 pages
...want a stimulus; and he will be likely to share the fate of the common herd. In search of wit, thete lose their common sense, And then turn critics in their own defence. POPE. Those accidental shadows that result from the intervention of clouds, may be made to answer the... | |
 | 1806 - 312 pages
...FOR. THE POLYANTHOS. REVIEW Of " The Power of Solitude, a Poem in two Parts ; by Joseph Story." — Of the two, less dangerous Is the offence, To tire our patience, than mislead our tense.. ..foft. To regulate with accuracy the publick taste, to discover every defeift, and point out... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...defac'd : Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools. In search of wit these lose their common sense, And then turn Critics in their awn defence: Each burns alike, who can, or cannot write, Or with a Rival's, or an Eunuch's spite; All... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
.... Some are hewilder'd in the raize of schools, ^ And some made coxcomhs Nature meant hut fools;r ^ In search of wit these lose their common sense, And then turn critics in their own defence: Each hurns alike, who can or cannot write,/ 30 Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite. I \ All fools... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...and praise of them. s hard to say if greater want of skill "- Appear in writing or in jndging ill; But of the two less dangerous is the' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, hut numhers err in this, Tea censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A foot might... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...and praise of them. 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is the' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense j Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...aad praise of them. 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is the' offence To .tire our patience than mislead our sense ; Some few in that) but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amisi ; A fool might... | |
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In search of wit, these lose their common sense, And then turn critics in their own defence: Each burns alike, who can, or cannot write, 30 Or with a rival's, or an eunuch's spite. 
