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" The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind! Not one looks backward, onward still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose. "
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D - Page 64
by JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last ...

Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...much the fame, 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 ! . , "Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofc. No lefs alike ithe politic and wife ;...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 32-34

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1164 pages
...the fame, the point 's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; »z» The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives, to find Or make, an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe. No kfs alike the Politic and Wife : 215...
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pages
...much the fame, 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 ! . r Not one looks backward, - onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe....
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ...

James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...boldly for the savage, and I, perhaps for that reason, sided with the citizen.' Piozzi Letters, 1.115. ' Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From...goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose.' Essay on Man, iv. 219. Londoner; Arrival at Aberdeen. Londoner ; — you are a maccaroni1 ; you can't...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Imitations, moral ...

Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede; 220 The whole ftrange purpofe of their livef, to find Or make, an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe. No lefs alike the Politic and Wife ;...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 1-2

John Bell - 1789 - 426 pages
...the savage mine I Yes: truly glorious, only great is he, Who conquers, or who bleeds for liberty. " Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, " From Macedonia's madman to the Swede." Like baleful comets flaming in the skies, At destin'd times th' appointed scourges rise ; Awhile in...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 46

English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...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 ftill he goes, Vet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe. VARIATION. Ver. 207. Boafl the pure blood,...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...much the fame, 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 ! Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes j Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nol'e. No lefs alike the politic and wife...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - 1793 - 274 pages
...the fame, the poin'ts agreed, „ From Madedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole flrange purpofe of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind! Notone looks backward, onward flill he goe«, • i Yet ne'er looks forward- further than his nofe....
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison ...

1794 - 918 pages
...the fame, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; 3ÎO The whole Urangc purpofe of their lives, to find, Or make, an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe. No lefs alike the politic and wife :...
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