...nod. * • * * * For thee we dim the eyes and staff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it : Su spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours, till it clouds itself all o'er. What...

...addressed to the patroness of Sophistry as well as Dulness, are admirably adapted : " Explain upon a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it."t Of the same kind of school-metaphysics are these lines ol Cowley ; " Nothing is there to come,...

...the brad With all such reading as was never read : tofl For thee explain a thing till all men duubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silk-worm small its slender dtorc, Ami labours till it clouds itself all o'er. What though we let some better son of fool Thrid...

...addressed to the patroness of Sophistry as well as Dulness, are admirably adapted : *' Explain upon a thing till all men doubt it, And write "about it, goddess, and about it."t Of the same kind of school-metaphysics are these lines ol Cowley ; " Nothing is there to come,...

...involve the pole. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And...store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er. ' What though we let some better sort of fool Thrid every science, run through every school ? Never...

...scribble about imaginary " Alliances," " Divine Legations," and dramatic criticisms : . Explain the thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it ; or you may indulge yourself in saucy invectives as much as you please. Contempt will be your security,...

...kings to govern wrong. .Booi iv. Line 188. Stuff the head With all such reading as was never read ; For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it. Book iv. Line 249. * Making night hideous. HAMLET. Act i. Se. 4. Led by my hand, he sauntered Europe...

...t Dr. Anthony Alsop. t Isaac Barrow, Master of Trinity. § Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it ; And...store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er. ' What though we let some better sort of fool Thrid every science, run through every school ? Never...

...involve the pole. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And...store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er. What though we let some better sort of fool Thrid every science, run through every school ? Never by...

...votary of Dulness in the ' Dunciad ' is rendering an account of his services, he arrives at this climax, For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it. And in the same spirit Mr. Wilson stigmatises as synonymous ' the most stupid and most didactic teaching.'...