 | 1880 - 612 pągines
...any particular end. His standard was limited to reason and common sense : ' Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven.' His taste, like Addison's, betrays the artificial atmosphere of the the time, but is equally indicative... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pągines
...and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name. Ib. iii. 286. Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven. Ib. iv. 42. To rest, the cushions and the dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite. Ib.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pągines
...needful than expense, And something previous e'en to taste — 'tis sense : Good sense which only is the gift of heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. Pope, ME IV. 43. 'Tis hard, where dulness overrules, To keep good sense in erowds of fools. Sxifl.... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 pągines
...wiser than of yore, And tempts by making rich, not making poor. .Part II. Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven. ELOISA TO ABELARD. Last line. He best can paint them who can feel them most. From THE EPISTLE TO DR.... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pągines
...part of the human soul. v. GKOBOE MAcDoNALj>— Mart/ Marslon . Ch. XII. Good sense, which only is the gift of heaven. And though no science fairly worth the seven, tķ. POPE— Moral Essaya. Ep. IV. Line 43. What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide. 1. ГОРЕ... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pągines
...pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies. Line aaa. Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. Epistle iv. Line 43. 1 Compare Milton, Parculitt Lott. Page 187. To rest, the cushion and soft dean... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 690 pągines
...Pope (" Moral Essays," Ep. iv. 1. 43) thus expresses the same idea: — '' Good sense, which only is the gift of heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven." And Spenser, in his " Shepherd's Calendar " (May, 140) says: — " Rut of all burdens that a man can... | |
 | 1884 - 328 pągines
...Thou hast the secret strange To read that hidden book, the human heart. 5. Good sense which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. 6. For of plain, sound sense, life's current coin is made: With that we drive the most substantial... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 694 pągines
...Pope (" Moral Essays," Ep. iv. 1. 43) thus expresses the same idea:— " Good sense, which only is the gift of heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven." And Spenser, in his "Shepherd's Calendar" (May, 140) says:— " Rut of all burdens that a man can bear,... | |
 | 1887 - 572 pągines
...God, he may get that; but if he want common sense, he'll never get that." " Qood sense, which only is the gift of heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven." This good sense will prompt to the cultivation of unaffected simplicity of manners and genuineness... | |
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And something previous even to taste - 'tis sense: Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven: A light, which in yourself you must perceive ; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give. 
