...the wife ? " Heroes 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...backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe. No lefs alike the Politic and Wife ; 225 All fly flow things, with circumfpe&ive...

...the wife ? " Heroes 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...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;...

...the wife r " Heroes 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 a very common...

...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 ; Le feu fort a travers...

...obferves, " HEROES 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...

...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...

...Wife ? " Heroes are 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 * ! " No 1 Thefe two lines which immediately follow • " Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes,...

...the Wife?" 220 Heroes are much the fame, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives , to find...mankind ! Not one looks backward , onward ftill he goes, 225 Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofe. No lefs alike the Politic and Wife ; All sly slow...

...feel the difcordance. The following couplet, finking far below the fubject, is not lefs ludicrous.' Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nofe. F-ffay on Man, efi. iv. 223. Le Rhin tremble et fremit 3. ces trifles nouvelles; Le feu fort a travers...