 Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the false, and value still the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town; They reason and conclude by precedent, 410 And own stale nonsense which they ne'er...  The Works of the English Poets: Pope - Pągina 101per Samuel Johnson - 1779Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 pągines
...mall warm the laft. (Tho'each may feel encreafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days) Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the...falfe, and value ftill the true. Some ne'er advance adjudgment of their own, But catch the fpreading notion of the town ; They reafon and conclude by precedent,... | |
 | 1720 - 302 pągines
...ftiall warm the laft. (Tho' each may feel encreafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days) Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the falfe, and value ftill the true. Some ne'er ad van cc s a judgment of their own,. But catch the fpreading notion of the town; They reafon and conclude... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1722 - 294 pągines
...fliall warm the laft. (Tho' each may feel encreafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days) Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the falie, and value ftill the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their OWR,. But catch the fpreading... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1749 - 110 pągines
...ftill i and, by breaking through the ftrongeft of m«nts, manifeft the eternity of .its nature. D , Some ne'er advance a Judgment of their own, But catch the fpreadi'ng notiort of the town ; They reafon and conclude by precedent; 4I0 And own ftale nonfenfe which they... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pągines
...may feel encreafes and decays, . And fee now clearer and now darker days. 405 Regard not then if W it be old or new, But blame the falfe, and value ftill...410 And own ftale nonfenfe which they ne'er invent. Some judge of authors names, not works, and then Nor praife nor blame the writings, but the men. Of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 pągines
...warm the laft ; Tho' each may feel encreafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days. 405 Regard not then if Wit be old or new, But blame the fal/e, and value ftill the true. Some ne'er advance a Judgment of their own, But catch the fpreading... | |
 | Christopher Smart - 1752 - 264 pągines
...fhall warm the kft. (Tho' each may feel increafes and decays,. And fee now clearer and now darker days) Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the falfe and value ftill the true. 410 Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own> But catch the fpeading notion of the town; They reafon... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pągines
...and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days. 405 Regard not then if Wit be old or new, Hut blame the falfe, and value ftill the true. Some ne'er...410 And own ftale nonfenfe which they ne'er invent. Some judge of authors names, networks, and then Ps or praife nor blame the writings, but the men. Of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pągines
...warm the laft ; Tho' each may feel encreafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days. 405 Regard not then if Wit be old or new, But blame the...their own, But catch the fpreading notion of the Town ; COM MENTARY. telleftual light, like the material light of the Sun itfelf, may not fhine at all times,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 314 pągines
...warm the laft ; Tho' each may feel encreafes and decays, And fee now clearer and now darker days. 405 Regard not then if Wit be old or new, But blame the...their own, But catch the fpreading notion of the Town ; COM MENTAR Y. VER. 408. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own.~\ A fecond inftance of unlearned... | |
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