...Bottom -there ; Yet wrote and flounder'd on in meer Defpair. Round him much Embryo, much Abortion Jay., Much future Ode, and abdicated Play ; Nonfenfe precipitate like running Lead, That ffip'd thro' Cracks and Zig-Zags of theHead; Ale, that on Folly Frenzy could beget, 'Fruits of dull...

...the diet of the mind to Rung'd for his fenfc, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote. and flounder' <J on, in mere defpair. 120 Round him much Embryo, much...That flip'd thro' Cracks and Zig-zags of the Head ; VARIATIONS. VER. 121. RcunJ him much Emliyo, £sV.] In the former Editions thus, He rjll'd his Eyes...

...Then gnaw'd his pen, then dafli'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vaft profound ! Plung'd for his fenfe, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere defpair. 1 20 REMARKS. carefling (hould make even Dulnefs herfelf pert, efpecially in her youth ; though her...

...how well has the Poet confulted his Heroic Character, in adding that c-wwvall the time ? 4. B£NTL. Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future...Lead, That flip'd thro' Cracks and Zig-zags of the Headj All that on Folly Frenzy could beget, 12$ Fruits of dull Heat, and Sooterkins of Wit. Next o'er...

...which the greateft, not only of Critics and Poets, but of Kings and Warriors have been fultPlung'd for his fenfe, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere defpair. 1 z0 Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play : VARIATIONS. VER....

...Reas'ning is none of the ftrongeft, For know, the laft Word is the Word that Lilts longeft. Pluftg'd for his fenfe, but found no bottom there, ' Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere defpair,. I2cf REMARKS: and Chaos was got by them in their dotage ; a time of Kfe' when parents are moft apt...

...to reprefent a Critic encompafled with books but without a fupper, is a pifture which lively Flung'd for his fenfe, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere defpair. 1 20 Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play ; Nonfenfe precipitate,...

...granThen gnaw'd his Pen, then dath'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vaft profound ! Plung'd for his fenfe, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder 'd on, in mere defpair. I zo Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and...

...his Pen, then dafh'd it on the " ground, *' Sinking from thought to thought, a vaft " profound ! *' Plung'd for his 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...

...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....