 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...dunce with wits.3 Book iv. Line 90. The right divine of kings to govern wrong. Book iv. Line 1 88. Stuff the head With all such reading as was never...doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it. Boot iv. Line 249. To happy convents bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...spoil'd the flock. See ! still thy own, the heavy canon roll, And metaphysic smokes involve the pole. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : 250 For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1876 - 974 pages
...Dullness in the ' Dunciad ' thus characterize this excessive explanation on the part of the teacher. For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write iibout it, Goddess, and about it. And in the same spirit Mr. Wilson stigmatizes as synonymous ' the... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1876 - 902 pages
...the ' Dunciad ' thus characterize this excessive explanation on the part of the teacher. For the« explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddeu, and about it. And in the same spirit Mr. Wilson stigmatizes as synonymous ' the most stupid... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1254 pages
...Like buoys, that never sink into the flood, On Learning's surface we but lie and nod. • * » » • For thee we dim the eyes and stuff the head With all...doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it i So spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours, till it clouds itse f all o'er. What... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1246 pages
...Like buoys, tint nt-vcr sink into the flood, On Learning's surface we but lie and nod. * * » * • For thee we dim the eyes and stuff the head With all...was never read ; For thee explain a thing till all mm doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it : So spins the silkworm small its slender store,... | |
 | John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 762 pages
...Goddess Dullness Pope shows one of the cleverest of metrical repetitions: For thee, explain a thmg till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it. Aristotle is said to have first conceived that fine notion that the most perfect statue stands within... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...Book ic. Line 169. The right divine of kings to govern wrong. Line iss. Stuff the head With all snch reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing...doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it. Line 243. To happy convents bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber abbots purple as their wines. Line... | |
 | Henry Fielding, William Ernest Henley - English literature - 1902 - 456 pages
...readers. That laborious tribe the commentators, are to a man full of this overdoing quality. They ever " Explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it," which is so just an observation that the mind of a reader, who should examine the commentaries on Virgil... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...spoil'd the flock t See ! still thy own, the heavy Canon roll, And metaphysic smokes involve the pole. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With...read: For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, 4i And write about it, Goddess, and about it: So spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours... | |
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For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it: So spins the silk-worm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er. 
