 For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds...  The dunciad, in four books - Page 144by Alexander Pope - 1777 - 195 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1728 - 80 pages
...to dull books, and Prologues to dull plays ; For thee explain a thing 'till all men doubt it, 1 60 And write about it, Goddefs, and about it ; So fpins the filkworm fmall its flender ftore, And labours, 'till it clouds itfelf all o'er. Not that my pen to criticks was confin'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1728 - 82 pages
...to dull books, and Prologues to dull plays } For thee explain a thing 'till all men doubt it, j 60 And write about it, Goddefs, and about it; . . So fpins the filkworm fmall Us flender ftore, And kbours, 'till it clouds itfelf all o'er. Not that my pen to criticks was confin'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1729 - 262 pages
...read ; For thee fupplying, in the worft of days, Notes to dull books, and prologues to dull plays i For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddefs, and about it ; 1 70 So' fpins the filk-wornr fmall- its flender ftore, And labours, 'till it clouds itfelf all o'er.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1735 - 276 pages
...iabale. For thee fupplying, in the 'worft of days, " Notes to dull books, and prologues to dull plays ; For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddefs, and about it ; i70 So fpins the filk-worm fmall its flender ftore, And labours, 'till it clouds itfelf all o'er.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1736 - 276 pages
...whale. For thee fupplyiug, in the worft of days, Notes to dull books, and prologues to dull plays; For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddcfs, and. about it. ; 170 So fpins the filk- worm fniall its flender ftore, And labours, 'till... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 354 pages
...communicating, in its obicurity, with Subjiance, and, in its emptinefs, with Names. tfc nin L . For thce explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about...Goddefs, and about it: So fpins the filk-worm fmall its flender ftore, And labours till it clouds itfelf all o'er. What tho' we let fome better fort of fool... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 370 pages
...Learning! but who equally made it their care to advance the polite Arts in their feveral Societies. PW For thee we dim the eyes, and fluff the head With...about it : So fpins the filk-worm fmall its {lender flore, And labours till it clouds itfelf all o'er. What tho' we let fome better fort of fool 255 Thrid... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...read ; For thee, fupplying in the worft of days, Notes to dull books, and prologues to dull plays j For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And...goddefs, and about it ; So fpins the filk-worm fmall its flender ftore, And labours till it clouds itfelf all o'er. In the year 1726 Mr. Theobald publifhed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 248 pages
...Societies. For thee we dim the eyes, and fluff the head With all fuch reading as was never read : 2-o For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddefs, and abt>ut it u So fpins the filk-worm fmall its flender ftore, And labours till it clouds itfelf all o'er.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 368 pages
...in the fingular, and meant only of one: in which cafe I fufpect the Pole to be a falfe reading, and For thee we dim the eyes, and fluff the head With...Goddefs, and about it : So fpins the filk-worm fmall its flender ftore, And labours till it clouds itfelf all o'er. What tho' we let fome better fort of fool... | |
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