 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pages
...sense; Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang some curious cobweb in its stead ! As, forc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly, And pond'rous...to weight their nimble motion owe, The wheels above urg'd by the load below: Me Emptiness and Dulness could inspire, And were my elasticity, and fire.... | |
 | John Nichols - 1817 - 874 pages
...fail to move. As forc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly, And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly thro' the sky : As clocks to weight their nimble motion owe, The wheels above urg'd by the load below; Me, Emptiness and Dulness could inspire, And were my Elasticity, and Fire.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 434 pages
...Guard the sure barrier between that and sense ; Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, As, forc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly, And pond'rous...to weight their nimble motion owe, The wheels above urg'd by the load below : Me Emptiness and Dullness could inspire, And were my elasticity, and fire.... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 580 pages
...fort'd from wind-guns, lead Itself can Rj, And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly through the sky ; As clock! to weight their nimble motion owe. The wheels above...dulness could inspire, And were his elasticity and fire. Pore. AT the university Edward became acquainted with all the companions of his friend Clifton, the... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 pages
...tides, then back their circles bring." The same. And I think he said of that simile, (Dune. i. 182). " As clocks to weight their nimble motion owe, The wheels above urged by the load below." In the scattered lessons I used to set myself about that time, I translated above a quarter of the... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 324 pages
...tides, then back their circles bring." The same. And I think he said of that simile, (Dune. i. 182). " As clocks to weight their nimble motion owe, The wheels above urged by theload below." In the scattered lessons I used to set myself about that time, I translated above a... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 294 pages
...hang some curious cobweb in its stead! As, forced from wind-guns, lead itself can fly, And ponderous slugs cut swiftly through the sky; As clocks to weight...motion owe, The wheels above urged by the load below; Me Emptiness and Dulness could inspire, And were my elasticity and fire. Some demon stole my pen (forgive... | |
 | 1822 - 290 pages
...hang some curious cobweb in its stead! As, forced from wind-guns, lead itself can fly, And ponderous slugs cut swiftly through the sky; As clocks to weight...motion owe, The wheels above urged by the load below; Me Emptiness and Dulness could inspire, And were my elasticity and fire. Some demon stole my pen (forgive... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 390 pages
...quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang some curious cobweb in its stead ! 1 80 As, forc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly, And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly through the sky ; VARIATIONS. Ver. 177. Or, if to Wit, &c.] In the former Ed. Ah ! still o'er Britain stretch that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 394 pages
...quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang some curious cobweb in its stead ! 180 As, forc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly, And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly through the sky ; « VARIATIONS. Ver. 177. Or, if to Wit, &c.] In the former Ed. Ah ! still o'er Britain stretch that... | |
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Secure us kindly in our native night. Or, if to wit a coxcomb make pretence, Guard the sure barrier between that and sense; Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang some curious cobweb in its stead! As, forced from wind-guns, lead itself can... 
