 As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death.  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 246by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. Whate'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind : A poet the first... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath ; And keep them in the pale of words till death. iCO REMARKS. effects which a pretence to learning, and a pretence to wit, have on blockheads. For as... | |
 | sir Martin Archer Shee - 1809 - 438 pages
...for a crop. " We ply the memory, we load the brain, " Bind rebel wit, and double chain on chain, " Confine the thought to exercise the breath, " And keep them in the pale of words till death." POPE. We may be said to play our parts like actors, and strut upon the stage of science, uttering knowledge... | |
 | Martin Archer Shee - Aesthetics - 1809 - 442 pages
...for a crop. " We ply the memory, we load the brain, " Bind rebel wit, and double chain on chain, " Confine the thought to exercise the breath, " And keep them in the pale of words till death." POPE. We may be said to play our parts like actors, and strut upon the stage of science, uttering knowledge... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath ; And keep them in the pale of words till death. 160 ^ hate'er the talents, or howe'er dcsign'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the miud : A poet the first... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...the brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the brrath ; And keep them in the pale of words till death. 160 Whate'er the talents, or howe'er dcsigri'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind: A poet the first day, he dips his quill ; And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 374 pages
...springs of sense, 156 We ply the memory, we load the brain, Blind rebel wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath ; And keep them in the pale of words till death. l6c Whate'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind : A poet the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 412 pages
...springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the Brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. 160 REMARKS. Demosthenes or Cicero, Euripides or Sophocles." The illustrious names of Wyndham, Talbot,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 406 pages
...springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the Brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. 160 REMARKS. Demosthenes or Cicero, Euripides or Sophocles." The illustrious names of Wyndham, Talbot,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the Brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. 160 REMARKS. Demosthenes or Cicero, Euripides or Sophocles." The illustrious names of Wyndham, Talbot,... | |
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