 She gives in large recruits of 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, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.  Poems on Several Occasions - Page 46by Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1722
...Eor as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits^fwelTd witlrwind : . fride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of fenfe ! If once right feafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day; Truft not yout felf ; but... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1749 - 89 pages
...deny'd, 305 £he gives in large recruits of needful Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind...defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. a IQ If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Truft not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...of needful Pride; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwelPd with wind ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our...defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe, 210 Ha If VER. 189. Hail, Pards triumphant!] There is a pleafaniry in this title, which alludes to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751
...deny'd, 205 She gives in large recruits of needful Pride-; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind...; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in to our defence, Alid fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. • 210 Ha . If VER. 189. ttaif,' Bardi triumphant!] There... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1753
...the Mind, What th« weak Head with ftrongeft Byat rules, Is Pride, the never failing Vice of Foals ; Pride, where Wit fails, fteps in, to our Defence, And fills up all the mighty Paid of Senfe. Popz. By Pride and Vanity the Serrant, in Opinion, equals or exceeds hi« Matter. As... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754
...deny'd, 205 She gives in large recruits of needful Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind...defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Trufl not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760
...deny'd, 205" She gives in large recruits of needful Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind...defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Truft not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760
...205 She gives in large recruits of needful Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find Whatwants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind; Pride, where...defence, And fills up all the mighty Void of fenfe. 210 If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with refiftlefs day. Truft not... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 252 pages
...worth deny'd, She gives in large recruits of needful pride : For as 'in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind';...Pride, where wit fails, fteps in to our defence, And rills up all the mighty void of fenfe. If once right reafon drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796
...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 of sense; 210 If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day. Trust... | |
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