 Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the false, and value still the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town; They reason and conclude by precedent, 410 And own stale nonsense which they ne'er...  The Works of the English Poets: Pope - Page 101by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...warm the laß ; Though each may feel increafcs and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days. Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the...But catch the fpreading notion of the town ; They rcafon and conclude by precedent, 410 And own fíale nonfenfe which they ne'er invent. Some judge of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1796 - 264 pages
...fee now clearer and now darker days : 405 Regard not then it wit be old or new, But blame the talfe, and value ftill the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment...the Town ; They reafon and conclude by precedent, 419 And own ftal<: npnlenle which they ne'er invent. Some judge ot authors' names, not works, and then... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...lhall warm the lall; Tfto' each may feel increafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days. Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the falle, and value ftill the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catcli the fprcading... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...for enlightens. Tho' each may feel encreafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days. 405 Regard not then if Wit be old or new, But blame the...410 And own ftale nonfenfe which they ne'er invent. Some judge of authors names, not works, and then Nor praife nor blame the writings, but the men. Of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 444 pages
...inlightetu. Tho' Tho' each may feel encreafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days. 405 Regard not then if Wit be old or new, But blame the falfe, and value flill the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the fpreading notion of the Town... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1800 - 410 pages
...fubmit to the judgment of men who always examine haftily, and generally determine wrong ? " Who " Who ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the fpreading notion of the town ; Who reafon and conclude by precedent, And own ftale nonfenfe which they ne'er invent ; Who judge... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...now darker days. 405 Regard not then ¡f v. it !>e old or new, But blame the falle, and value iiUl the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the fpreading notion of the town ; ihey reafon and conclude by preced»nt, 410 And own ftale uonfcnfc which they ne'er invent. Some... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1804 - 406 pages
...can I fubmit to the judgment of men who always examine haftily, and generally determine wrong ? " Who ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the fpreading notion of the ttnun\ Who reafon and conclude by precedent, And own ftale nonfenfe which they ne'er invent ; Who judge... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...the last ; Tho' each may feel increases and decays, And see now clearer, and now darker days : 405 Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the false, and value still the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...and now darker days. <«J Regard not then if wit be old or new, Hut blame the falfe, and value Hill the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch tlie fpreading notion of the town ; They reafon and conclude liy precedent, 4" And own flale uonfenfe... | |
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