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" This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play: This is that boasted bias of thy mind, By which one way to dulness 'tis inclined: Which makes thy writings lean on one side still, And, in all changes, that way bends... "
The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and ... - Page 145
by John Dryden - 1760
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 19

English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...His always floats above, thine finks below. This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play : This is that boafted...ftill, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will. I z Nor Nor let thy mountain-belly make pretence Of likenefs ; thine's a tympany of fenfe. A tun of...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Dryden. Rochester ...

1793 - 806 pages
...thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play; This is that buafled bias of thy mind, By which, one way, to dulnefs 'tis...will. Nor let thy mountain-belly make pretence Of likcnefs; ihine's a tympany of fenfe. Л tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But furethon'rt hut...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 806 pages
...His alway> floats above, thine (ink - below. This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play ; This is that boafted...inclin'd: Which makes thy writings lean on one fide {till, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will. Nor let thy mountain-belly make pretence Of likenefs;...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 842 pages
...thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play ; This is that buaded bias of thy mind, By which, one way, to dulnefs 'tis...inclin'd: Which makes thy writings lean on one fide dill, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will. Nor let thy mouutain-btlly make pretence, Of likenefs;...
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Observations on Pope

Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...wadling to the mark in view. An improvement on Drydens Mac.-Flecknoe : This is that boafted bias of the mind ; By which, one way, to dulnefs 'tis inclin'd : Which makes thy writings lean on one fide fl111, And, in all changes, that way bends thy wil!. Ver. 188. And once betray'd me into common fenfe....
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose: Containing ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 440 pages
...to the mark In vte-w.~\ An improvement on Dryden's Mac-Flecknoe : " This is that boafted bias of the mind ; By which, one way, to Dulnefs 'tis inclin'd...ftill, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will." WAKKFIELD. VER. 170. byafs to the bowl,'] This imagery and illuftration are inimitable. Pope had ufed...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Verse and Prose, Containing ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 442 pages
...on Dryden's Mac-Flecknoe : " This is that boafted bias of the mind ; By which, one way, to Dnlnefs 'tis inclin'd ; Which makes thy writings lean on one...ftill, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will." WAKKFIELD. VER. 170. byafs to the bow!,] This imagery and illuftration are inimitable. Pope had ufed...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 448 pages
...to the mark in vieiv^ , An improvement on Dryden's Mac-Flecknoe : " This is that boafted bias of the mind ; By which, one way, to Dulnefs 'tis inclin'd ; Which makes thy writings lean on one fide Hill, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will." WAKHMELB. VER.. 170. tyafs to the lo<tul,~] This...
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Poetical Works

John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...mind, By which, one way, to dulness 'tis inclin'd : Which makes thy writings lean on one side still, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will. Nor let thy mountain-belly make pretence Of likeness; thme's a tympany of sense, A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thon'rt but a...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 21

John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...By which, one way, to dulness 'tis inclin'd: 190 Which makes thy writings lean, on one side, still ; And, in all changes, that way bends thy will. Nor let thy mountain-belly make pretence Of likeness ; thine's a tympany of sense. . A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou art...
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