 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 390 σελίδες
...with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there ; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in mere despair. He roll'd his eyes that witness'd huge dismay, 115 Where yet unpawn'd, much learned lumber... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 394 σελίδες
...with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there ; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in mere despair. He roll'd his eyes that witness'd huge dismay, 115 Where yet unpawn'd, much learned lumber... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1848 - 488 σελίδες
...with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ, and flounder'd on in mere despair. He roll'd his eyes, that witness'd huge dismay, Where yet unpawn'd much learned lumber lay... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1848 - 494 σελίδες
...with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there ; Then writ, and flounder'd on in mere despair. He roll'd his eyes, that witness'd huge dismay, Where yet unpawn'd much learned lumber lay... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1848 - 488 σελίδες
...with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there ; Then writ, and flounder'd on in mere despair. He roll'd his eyes, that witness'd huge dismay, Where yet unpawn'd much learned lumber lay... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 σελίδες
...with all Ms books around, Sinking from thought to thought a vast profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there ; Then writ and flounder'd on in mere despair. Such accumulated insults induced Theobald to prove htn capacity by publishing an edition of... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 768 σελίδες
...with all his books nround, Sinking from thought to thought a vast profound ! I'lung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ and flounder'd on in mere despair. Such accumulated insulls induced Theobald to prove his capacity by publishing an edition of... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 σελίδες
...break one cobweb through, He spins the slight self-pleasing thread anew. POPE. He plunged for sense, but found no bottom there ; Then writ and flounder'd on in mere despair! POPE. Shall I in London act this idle part? Composing songs for fools to get by heart. They... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1879 - 184 σελίδες
...the painting called Taste in High Life. It was not a favourite with Hogarth ; Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there ; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in mere despair." Dunciad, book i. Instead of a poem on " Riches," he is writing on " Poverty," and instead... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1891 - 510 σελίδες
...all his books around, Sinking, from thought to thought, a vast profund [sic] \ Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Then writ, and flounder'd on, in mere despair." Instead of a poem on " Riches," he is writing on " Poverty," and instead of the " Mines of... | |
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Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there ; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in mere despair. 
