 Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains...  Poems on Several Occasions - Page 36by Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...mark that point where sense and duluess meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding fails ; Where... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Karl Young - English literature - 1911 - 1196 pages
...that point where sense and dulness meet. Nature to all things fixed the limits fit, And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains. In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, 56 The solid power of understanding fails; Where... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 pages
...that point where sense and dulness meet. Nature to all things fixed the limits fit, And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
 | Willard Higley Durham - Criticism - 1915 - 504 pages
...and the latter part have not the least relation, and bear not the least proportion to one another. As on the Land while here the Ocean gains, In other Parts it leaves wide sandy Plains: Thus in the Soul while Memory prevails, The solid Power of Understanding fails; Where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1926 - 310 pages
...mark that point where sense and dullness meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains; 55 f 4 ALEXANDER POPE The memory's soft figures melt away. One science only will one... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...that point where Sense and Dulness meet. Nature to all things fixed the limits fit, And wisely curbed e Cross sandy plains; 55 Thus in the soul while Memory prevails, The solid power of Understanding fails; Where... | |
 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - Literary Criticism - 1962 - 676 pages
...dullness meet. Nature to all things fixed the limits fit, And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit.3 As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...mark that Point where Sense and Dulness meet. Nature to all things fix'd the Limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud Man's pretending Wit : As on the Land...here the Ocean gains, In other Parts it leaves wide sandy Plains; 55 Thus in the Soul while Memory prevails, The solid Pow'r of Understanding fails ; Tutors,... | |
 | Richard M. Martin - Philosophy - 1983 - 248 pages
..."Indeed." On Minds and Their Brains: Sir John Eccles "Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains; Thus in the soul while memory prevails. The solid power of understanding fails; Where... | |
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