 | Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pagina’s
...strain. Some future strain, in which the Muse shall tell How science dwindles, and how volumes swell. How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun, How tortur'd texts to speak our sense are made, And ev'ry vice is to the scripture laid. How misers... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 232 pagina’s
...strain. Some future strain, in which the Muse shall tell How science dwindles, and how volumes swell. How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun. How tortur'd texts to speak our sense are made, And ev'ry vice is to the Scripture laid. How misers... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pagina’s
...strain ; Some future strain, in whichtheMuse shajjttfl How sciencedwindles, and how volumes swell; How nd ,the slave that hides. B. Who suffer 'dthus, inert- charity ihould own, Mus ; How tortur'd texts to speak our sense aremadr, And ev'ry vice is to the scripture laid ; How miserssqueczeayoungvolum... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pagina’s
...strain. Some future strain, in which the Muse shall tell How science dwindle!, and how column swell. How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the Sun. How tortur'd texts to speak our sense are made, And every vice is to the Scripture laid. How miners... | |
 | John Poole - 1811 - 140 pagina’s
...UPON Camlet Craueittiej AFTER THB HANNIR OF DR. JOHNSON, AND GEORGE STEEVENS, ESQ. AND THX VARIOUS COMMENTATORS. Commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun. ANNOTATIONS. ACT THE FIRST. (a) My eye and Tommy. THIS is rather an obscure phrase. I suspect the author... | |
 | John Poole - 1811 - 138 pagina’s
...UPON famlet Cratiestiej AFTER THE MANNER OF DR. JOHNSON, AND GEORGE STEEVENS, ESQ. AND TUX VARIOUS COMMENTATORS. . Commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun. ANNOTATIONS. ACT THE FIRST. (a) My eye and Tommy. THIS is rather an obscure phrase. I suspect the author... | |
 | John Poole - 1814 - 136 pagina’s
...UPON Camlet Craucgrte; / AFTER THE MANNER OF DR. JOHNSON, AND GEORGE STEEVENS, ESQ. AND THE VARIOUS COMMENTATORS. Commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun. YODNG. 1 ANNOTATIONS. ACT THE FIRST. (a) — My eye and Tommy. THIS is rather an obscure phrase. I suspect... | |
 | John Poole - 1817 - 136 pagina’s
...ANNOTATIONS UPON Camlet Cratotte; AFTEK THE MANNER OF DR. JOHNSON, AND GEORGE STEEVENS, ESQ. AND THE VARIOUS COMMENTATORS. —Commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun. YOUNG. ANNOTATIONS. ACT THE FIRST. (a)— -My eye and Tommy. THIS is rather an obscure phrase. I suspect... | |
 | John Poole - 1817 - 144 pagina’s
...ANNOTATIONS UPON Camlet Cratotte; AFTER THE MANNER OF DR. JOHNSON, AND GEORGE STEEYENS, ESQ. AND THE VARIOUS COMMENTATORS. Commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the mn. YOUNG. ANNOTATIONS. ACT THE FIRST. (a)— My eye and Tommy* THIS is rather an obscure phrase. I... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pagina’s
...strain. Some future strain, in which the Muse shall tell How science dwindles, and how volumes swell How commentators each dark passage shun. And hold their farthing candle to the Sun. How tortur'd texts to speak our sense are made, And every vice is to the Scripture laid. How mistrs... | |
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How science dwindles, and how volumes swell. How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the Sun. 
