...eft à peu près le même que celui de Connétable , eft héréditaire dans fes defcendans mâles. v Or make, an enemy of all mankind: Not one looks backward , onward Jtill he goes » Yet ne'er look forward , farther than his nofe. No lefs alike the Politick and wife,...

...couplet, finking far below the fubjecl:, is not lefs ludicrous. •••• ••• ..-., I*.'*.: ' Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nofe. Ejjay OH Man, ep. iv. 223. On the other hand, to raife the expreffion above...

...are much the fame, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede; 220 The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives, to find Or make, an enemy...than his nofe. No lefs alike the Politic and Wife ; 225 All fly flow things, with circumfpe&ive eyes; Men in their loofe unguarded hours they take, Not...

...are much the fame, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede; 220 The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives, to find Or make, an enemy of all mankind ? Not one looks backward, onward (till he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe.' No lefs alike the Politic and Wife;...

...are much the fame, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede; 220 The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives, to find Or make, an enemy of all mankind ? Not pne looks backward, onward {till he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe. No lefs alike...

...confideration. A Poet of any genius will not readily drefs a high fubje£t in low words ; as thus, Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward farther than hit nofe. .On the other hand, to raife the cxpreflion above the tone of the fubjedt, is...

...ARE MUCH THE SAME, the point's agreed, * From Macedonia's madman to the Swede -, '* The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives, to find, *' Or make an enemy of all mankind. To mew the reader how eafily this feat may be performed, I will take any two of our own Monarchs, that...

...feel the difcordance. The following couplet, finking far below the fubjecl, is fjpt lefs ludicrous ; Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nofe. , Ejfoy on Man, ep. iv. 223. Le Rhin tremble et fremit a ces triftcS nouvelles...

...much the fame , the point's agreed , From Macedonia's madman to the Swede y 2.ZO The whole flrange purpofe of their lives , to find Or make , an enemy...of all mankind .• Not one looks backward , onward flill he goes , Yet ne'er looks forward further than bis nofe . No le/s alike the Politick and Wife...

...enemy of all mankind * ! " No : . — — — _-~ ~— ' * Thefe two lines which immediately follow " Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, *' Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe ;" ' are * ************ *' No lefs alike the Politic and Wife ; *' All fly flow things, with circumfpective...