 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 - Página 34por Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Walker - 1826 - 68 páginas
...all the harmony will be lost. EXAMPLE. Nature to all things fix'd 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 ; Tims in the soul, while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails; Where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 133 páginas
...that point where sense and duliiess meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb M the present of the promised vase; The coursers, for the champaign sport n other parts it leaves wide sandy plain«; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835
...mark that point where sense and dulness meet. 51 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 power of understanding fails ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836
...mark that point where sense and dulness meet. Nature to all tiiings 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... | |
 | 1836 - 328 páginas
...almost all the harmony will be lost. Thus : 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 442 páginas
...mark that point where sense and dulneiw meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely ise ; And huild on wants, and on defects of mind, The joy, the peace, the glor Tliat most men are bom In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains; Thus in the soul while memory prevails,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839
...Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on tile ne that temperance advance, Cramm'd to the throat with ortolan sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847
...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 ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 392 páginas
...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 ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852
...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 : Thus in the soul, while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
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