 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...*' Swearing and fupperlefs the Hero fate, *' Blafphem'd his Gods, the Dice, and damn'd *' his Fate. ''Then gnaw'd his Pen, then dafh'd it on the " ground,...fenfe, but found no bottom " there, " Yet wrote and flounder 'd on, in mere de" fpair," Full of apprehenfions, left the empire of dulnefs was drawing to... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...Dice, and! damn'd * his Fate. ** Then, gnaw'd his Pen, then dafh'd it on the ** ground, *•' Slaking from thought to, thought, a vaft " profound ! *' Plung'd; for his fenfe^ but found no bottom "• there, K Yet wrote and flounder 'd on, in mere deFull of apprehenfions, left the empire of dulnefs. was drawing... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...Swearing and fupperlefs the Hero fate, *' Blafphem'd his Gods, the Dice, and damn'd *' his Fate. '* Then gnaw'd his Pen, then dafh'd it on the " ground, " Sinking from thought to thought, a vail " profound ! *' Plung'd for his fcnfe, but found no bottom " there, '* Yet wrote and flounder... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 212 pages
...Then gnaw'd his pen, then dalh'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vaft profund ! Plung'd for his fenfe, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on in meer defpair. Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play : VARIATIONS.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 394 pages
...Swearing and fupperlels the Hero ¡ate j, ïr$ Blafphem'd his gods, the dice, and damn'd his fate. Then gnaw'd his pen, then dafh'd it on the ground, ' Sinking from thought to thought, a vau profound ! Plung'd for his fenfe, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 338 pages
...were a great miftake to imagine was •wholly funk in ftupidity ; he is allowed, to have fupported Then gnaw*d his Pen, then dafh'd it on the ground,...from thought to thought, a vaft profound ! Plung'd REMARKS. ported it with a wonderful mixture of Vivacity. Thi* charafter is heightened according to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 340 pages
...which it were a great miftake to imagine was wholly f1mlt in ftupidityi he is allowed to have fupThen gnaw'd his Pen, then dafh'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vaft profound! REMARKS. Plung'd ported it with a wonderful mixture of Vivacity. Thi» character is heightened according... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 346 pages
...to imagine was wholly funk in ftupidity : he is allowed to have fupThen gnaw'd his Pen, then dam'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vaft profound 1 Plung'd REMARKS. ported it with a wonderful mixture of Vivacity. Thii charafter is heightened according... | |
 | John Nichols - English literature - 1782 - 502 pages
...plate are the following lines from The Dunciad, I. in. Studious he fate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vaft profound ! Plung'd for his fenfe, but found no bottom there ; Then writ, and flounder'd on in mere defpair. In the fubfequent impreffions, dated December 15 1740,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...Third Day : Swearing and fupperlefs the Hero fate, Blafphem'd his Gods, the Dice, and damn'd his Fate; Then gnaw'd his Pen, then dafh'd it on the ground,...thought to thought, a vaft profound ! Plung'd for his Senfe, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere defpair. Round him much Embrio,... | |
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Blasphem'd his gods, the dice, and damn'd his fate ; Then gnaw'd his pen, then dash'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on in mere despair. 
