...of sense behind : How prologues into prefaces decay, And these to notes are fritter'd quite away : How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail : 280 bounty, to order him two hundred pounds for it. And this he doubts not grieved Mr P.' — P....

...he thumbs bia catalogue, and takes a book down from his shelves. And, as Pope sayi, " Index learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tall." The literature of the North was for ages unwritten, and only existed in the memories <f tbe...

...rich in thu inventory of another's treasure.'1 — The Vanity of Dogmatizing. Pope, too, tells us "• How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail." — ¿Vuncùuf, B. 2. But wo doubt if much harm was ever done in this way. The very ambition thus censured...

...of sense behind : How prologues into prefaces decay, And these to notes are fritter'd quite away : How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail : How, with less reading than makes felons 'scape, Less human genius than God gives an ape, Small thanks...

...he thumbs his catalogue, and takes a book down from his shelves. And, as Pope says, " Index learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail." The literature of the North was for ages unwritten, and only existed in the memories of the bards and...

...compelled to consult some thousands of volumes, I have often thought of Pope's witty couplet : — "Though index-learning turns no Student pale, Yet holds the Eel of science by the tail." 2. 2. [Our correspondent's communication reminds us of a judicious observation of William Oldys on...

...of sense behind : How prologues into prefaces decay, And these to notes are fritter'd quite away : How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail : How, with less reading than makes felons 'scape, Less human genius than God gives an ape, Small thanks...

...94. Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll In pleasing memory of all he stole. Book i. Line 127. How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail. Book i. Line 279. And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke. Book ii. Line 34. All crowd, who foremost shall...

..." index-learning," according to a medical authority, has its advantages to the reader, in that it " Turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail," so index-making simplifies the labor of the writer by relieving him of all literary obligations save...

...of sense behind : How prologues into prefaces decay, And these to notes are fritter'd quite away : How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail : 280 How, with less reading than makes felons 'scape, Less human genius than God gives an ape, Small...