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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the ... - Page 280
by Alexander Pope - 1846
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 23

Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 988 pages
...the land again : To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, • Parliament HOUM and Wertm.MKr Hall. Give law to words, or war with words alone, ' Senates and courts with Greek and Latin rule, And torn the council to a grammar school 1 For eure if Dullness see« a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade...
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From Thomas the Rhymer to Richard Gall

James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...dogmatie at pedantie, and his idea of his voeation appea to have been — '•To stiek the doetor's ehair into the throne, Give law to words, or war with words alone, Senates and eourts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the eouneil to a grammar-sehool." So fond was James of polemies...
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The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, from the Earliest to the Present Time ...

James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...strong in argument. He was dogmatic and pedantic, and his idea of his vocation appears to have been — "To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give...Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar-school." So fond was James of polemics that he founded Chelsea College expressly for controversial theology....
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POPE, SELECTED POEMS; THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM; THE MORAL ESSAYS; THE DUNCIAD

THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...and days, Had reach'd the work, the all that mortal can, And South beheld that masterpiece of man.' Senates and courts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school ! 180 For sure, if Dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway....
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A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on ...

Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1876 - 564 pages
...infinitely preferred the politics of Locke to those of Filmer. This is proved by such lines as, — " For sure, if Dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway. May you, my Cam and Isis, preach it long, ' The right divine of kings to govern wrong.'...
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The English Poets: Addison to Blake

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...BOOK IV. Oh (cried the goddess) for some pedant reign ! Some gentle James, to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give...with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school ! For sure, if dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway. O !...
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Addison to Blake

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...BOOK IV. Oh (cried the goddess) for some pedant reign ! Some gentle James, to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give...with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school ! For sure, if dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway. O !...
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Disraeli's Works, Volume 6

Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 604 pages
...prose : — Oh, cried the goddess, for some pedant reign I Some gentle James to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give...Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar-school I JDunciad, book iv. ver. 175 THE PEDANTRY OF JAMES THE FIRST. FEW of my readers, I suspect, but have...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 3

Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 626 pages
...BOOK IV. Oh (cried the goddess) for some pedant reign I Some gentle James, to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give...with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school l For sure, if dulness sees a grateful day, Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway. O !...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1882 - 550 pages
...(//) " Oh " (cry'd the Goddess) " for some pedant Reign ! Some gentle JAMES,' to bless the land again; To stick the Doctor's Chair into the Throne, Give law to Words, or war with Words alone, (mm) Senates and Courts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the Council to a Grammar School! For sure,...
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