...enough to ridicule undisguised foibles, but dared not be just to the redeeming virtues PERSONAL Bound him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play ; Nonsense precipitate, like running Lead, That slipp'd through Cracks and Zigzags of the Head; All...

...then dash'd it on the ground Sinking from tought to thought, a vast profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere despair." Book I, v. 117-120. Ebenso wie Trublet hat auch der König der „dunces" Werke anderer Schriftsteller...

...profound I Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipped through cracks and zigzags of the head. The author...

...dash'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play ; Nonsense precipitate,...

...profound! Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there; Yet wrote and floundered on in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipped through cracks and zigzags of the head; All that...

...profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play ; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipp'd through cracks and zig-zags of the head ; All...

...process of jotting down what comes to mind at the moment is all that the would-be poet can achieve. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode and abdicated play : Nonsense precipitate like running lead, Which slipped through cracks and zigzags of the head. Opposed...

...then dash'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play; Nonsense precipitate,...

...profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere despair. 120 Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play; Nonsense precipitate, like running Lead, That slip'd thro' Cracks and Zig-zags of the Head; All that...

..."thin Third day" of his latest theatrical venture trying to give birth to another literary production: Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play. (B, i, 121-122) This couplet is among those Pope added to this section when he revised it in 1743....