 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 36por Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 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 ; 55 Thus in the Soul while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding fails ;... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 páginas
...almost all the harmony, will be lost. EXAMPLE, 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...mark that point where sense and dulnees meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely 824 sandy plains; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails; Where... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 páginas
...general meaning, and caution us against going 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; Where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 páginas
...general meaning, and caution us against going 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 ;... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 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... | |
 | 1826 - 82 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 - 396 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 - 378 páginas
...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 - 332 páginas
...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... | |
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