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" OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. "
The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With memoir, critical diss., and ... - Page 33
by Alexander Pope - 1872
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...perceived from the following passage :— Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring jndgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest...has in worth denied, She gives in large recruits of needful Pride! For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with...
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Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute ..., Volume 21

American Institute of Instruction - 1851 - 188 pages
...every real gentleman certainly would, he quietly turned away, not without a deep impression, that, " Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring...rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools." The world has suffered much in consequence of the misapplication of those talents bestowed for the...
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Literary Criticism: Pope to Croce

Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - 1962 - 676 pages
...superior sense, and doubt their own! 20. Part II [On principles of poetry and critics' attention to them] Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring...strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.13 Whatever nature has in worth denied, She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For as...
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The Poems of Alexander Pope: A One-volume Edition of the Twickenham Text ...

Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pages
...writes) To teach vain Wits a Science little known, T' admire Superior Sense, and doubt their own! 200 Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring...misguide the Mind, What the weak Head with strongest Byass rules, Is Pride, the never-failing Vice of Fools. Whatever Nature has in Worth deny'd, 205 She...
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The Central literary magazine, Volume 5

Birmingham central literary assoc - 1881 - 468 pages
...the second part, the poet and critic are reminded that — " Of all the causes which conspire to bind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What...rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools." and that when the student has once entered upon a literary career he must not be content with a mere...
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Selected Poetry

Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 pages
...writes) To teach vain wits a science litde known, T'admire superior sense, and doubt their own! 200 Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring...never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd, She gives in large recruits of needful pride; For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What...
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The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations

Martin H. Manser - 2001 - 524 pages
...unprofitable it is. Richard Newton The most serious sin is one of thought, the sin of pride. Paul VI Of all the causes which conspire to blind / Man's...rules. / Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Alexander Pope Pride is the idolatrous worship of ourselves, and that is the national religion of hell....
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Essential Evidence-Based Medicine, Volume 2

Dan Mayer - 2004 - 402 pages
...Epidemiology: a Basic Science for Clinical Medicine. (2nd edn.) Boston: Little Brown, 1991. Sources of bias Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring...mind; What the weak head with strongest bias rules, 1s pride, the never- failing vice of fools. Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Criticism Learning...
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The Ardent Birder: On the Craft of Birdwatching

Todd Newberry, Gene Holtan - 2005 - 230 pages
...on Criticism," was thinking of records committee members or of a reporting birder, I leave to you: Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring...rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. In Down...
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Psalms Through the Year: Spiritual Exercises for Every Day

Marshall Johnson - 2006 - 402 pages
...his boast to God! It reminds us of the comment by Alexander Pope in his Essay on Criticism (1711): Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring...rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Is the psalmist's certainty of the downfall of the boaster well founded? The relation between pride...
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