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" Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. "
The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ... - Page 199
by Lindley Murray - 1821 - 263 pages
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Miscellaneous Poems and Translations, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1722 - 294 pages
...judgment, andmifguide the mind, What the weak head with ftrongeft biafc rules, Is pride, the never-failing .vice of fools. Whatever nature has in worth deny'd, , She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; . Eor as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits^fwelTd witlrwind : . fride,...
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The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of ...

Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...confpire to blind Man's erring judgment, and mifguide the mind, What the weak head with fIrongeft byafs rules, Is PRIDE, the never failing vice of fools. Whatever nature has in woith deny'd, She gives in krge recrui.s of needful pride : For as in bodies, thug in fouls, we find...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 pages
...tending to impede its perfection are next explained. Of thefe the firft " Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. " Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd, " She gives in large recruits of needful Pride j *' For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find " What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'dwith " wind...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 pages
...tending to impede its perfection are next explained. Of thefe the firft " Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. " Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd, " She gives in large recruits of needful Pride j *' For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find " What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with " wind...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...teach vain wits a science little known, T' admire superior sense, and doubt their own ! 2oa PART II. Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring...weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd, 205 She gives in large recruits of...
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pages
...judgment, and mifguide the mind, What the weak head with ftrongeft bias rules Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd She gives in large recruits of needlefs Pride ! For, as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood, and fpirits, fwell'd...
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The Poems, of the Late Christopher Smart, ... Consisting of His Prize Poems ...

Christopher Smart - 1791 - 282 pages
...judgment, and reifguide the mind; What the weak head with ftrongeft bias rules, Is pride, the never.failing vice of fools. Whatever nature has in worth deny'd, She gives, in large recruits of needful pride ; Eor as in bodies, thus in fouls we find, What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd with wind : Bride,...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...which confpirc to blind Mio's erring judgment, and mifguide the mind, What the weak head with ftrongeft bias rules, Is Pride, the never failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth dcny'd, Stic gives in large recruits of nccdlcls Pride ; For as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find [wind...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...judgment, and mifguide the mind, What the weak head with ftrongeft bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd She gives in large recruits of needlefs pride ! For, as in bodies, thus in fouls, we find What wants in blood and fpirits, fwell'd...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...though placed in that part of the verse where the ear expects an-accent. EXAMPLE. Of all the caflses which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and...rules, , Is pride, the never failing vice of fools. Pope. An injudicious reader of verse would be very. apt to lay a stress upon the article the in the...
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