 | John Dryden - 1716 - 412 pagina’s
...does conrain, Int all things nndful to be known, is plain. In rimes o'ergrown with Ruft and IgnorancCi A gainful Trade their Clergy did advance : When want of Learning kept the Laymen low, And none but Priefts •xtre\Authoriz.'d to knovi! When what fmall Knowledge was, in them did dwell; And he... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pagina’s
...beginning to totter a little, Mr. Dryden has very wittily defcrib'cl, in his Poem mention'd before : In Times o'ergrown with Ruft and Ignorance, A gainful...When Want of Learning kept the Laymen low, And none but Priefts were authoriz'd to know : When what fmall Knowledge was, in .them did d well ; And he a... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pagina’s
...little, Mr. Dryden has very wittily defcrib'd, in his Poem mention'd before : In Times o'ergrown withRuft and Ignorance, A gainful Trade their Clergy did advance...When Want of Learning kept the Laymen low, And none but Priefts were authoriz'd to know : When what fmall Knowledge was, in them did dwell^ And he a God... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 448 pagina’s
...letter found ; The carrier's not commiffion'd to expound. It fpeaks itfelf, and what it does contain, Jn all things needful to be known is plain. In times...When want of learning kept the laymen low, And none but priefts were authoriz'd to know : When what fmall knowlege was, in them did dwell ; And he a God... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 318 pagina’s
...letter found ; The Carrier's not eommiffion'd to expound. It fpeaks itfelf, and what it does contain, Jn all things needful to be known is plain. In times...did advance: When want of learning kept the laymen }ow, And none but priefts were authoriz'd to know: When what frnall knowledge was, in them did dwell... | |
 | John Dryden - 1773 - 260 pagina’s
...found ; The earrier's not eommiflion'd to expound. It fpeaks it felf, and what it does eontain, In all things needful to be known, is plain. In times o'ergrown with ruft aud ignoranee, A gainful trade their elergy did advanee ; When want of learning kept the layman lo*,... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 pagina’s
...letter found, The carter's not commisBion'd to expound. It speaks itself, and what it does contain, In all things needful to be known is plain. In times o'ergrown with rust and ignoraace, 376 A gainful trade their clergy did advance; When want of learning kept the layman... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 664 pagina’s
...found; The carrier's not commiffion'd to expound. It fpeaks it ft If, and what it does contain, In all things needful to be known is plain. In times...When want of learning kept the laymen low, And none but priefts were authoriz'd to know : When what fmall knowledge was, in them did dwell; And he a God... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 350 pagina’s
...The carrier's not commiflion'd to expound. It fpeaks itfelf, and what it does contain, In all tifings needful to be known is plain. In times o'ergrown with...When want of learning kept the laymen low, And none but priefts were authoriz'd to know : When what fm;fll knowledge was, in them did dwell; And he a God... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 336 pagina’s
...expound. It fpeaks itfelf, and what it does contain, In all things needful to be known is plain. la In times o'ergrown with ruft and ignorance, A gainful...When want of learning kept the laymen low, And none but priefts were authoriz'd to know : When what fmall knowledge was, in them did dwell; And he a God... | |
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In times o'ergrown with Rust and Ignorance, A gainful Trade their Clergy did advance: When want of Learning kept the Laymen low, And none but Priests were Authoriz'd to know. 
