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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 British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 11

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 410 pages
...mind, By which, one way, to dulness 'tis inclin'd : Which makes thy writings lean on one side stillj 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'rt but...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 24

British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...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 thy will. Nor let thy mountain-belly make pretence Of likeness ; thine 'sa tympany of sense, A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou 'rt but...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...mind, By which, one way, to dulness 'tis inclin'd : Which makes thy writings lean on one side still, purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to likeness; thine's a tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. But sure thou'rt but...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...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 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...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 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 ; thine's a tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ ; But sure thou'rt but...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58

England - 1845 - 812 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 ; thine's a tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou art but...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58

Scotland - 1845 - 824 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 ; thine 'sa tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou art but...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58

England - 1845 - 814 pages
...mind, By which, one way, to duluess '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 ; thine's a tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...mind, By which one way to duluess 'tis inclin'd ; Which makes thy writing« lean on one side still, pes ; that, full of that taste, you may long to pass farther. He beginneth not with obscu likeness ; thinc's a tympanv of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ ; But sure thou'rt but...
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Selections from the Poetry of Dryden: Including His Plays and Translations

John Dryden - English poetry - 1852 - 378 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; thine's a tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou'rt but...
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