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" When what small knowledge was, in them did dwell ; And he a god who could but read or spell : Then mother church did mightily prevail : She parcell'd out the Bible by retail : But still expounded what she sold or gave ; To keep it in her power to damn... "
The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Page 257
de Samuel Johnson - 1779
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The First Part of Miscellany Poems: Containing Variety of New ..., Partie 5

John Dryden, John Milton, William D'Avenant - 1716 - 418 pages
...expound. It fpenks its Self, and what it does conrain, IB all things needful to be known, is plain. In times o'ergrown with Ruft and Ignorance, A gainful...When want of Learning kept the Laymen. low* And none bur Prieftr were , ,fo;-W;V./ to kjuv •' When what fmall Knowledge was, in them did dwell} And he...
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Miscellany Poems: Containing Variety of New Translations of the ..., Volume 5

John Dryden - 1716 - 412 pages
...does conrain, Int all things nndful to be known, is plain. In rimes o'ergrown with Ruft and IgnorancCi A gainful Trade their Clergy did advance : When want...Learning kept the Laymen low, And none but Priefts •xtre\Authoriz.'d to knovi! When what fmall Knowledge was, in them did dwell; And he a God who cou'd...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq ..., Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...little, Mr. Dryden has very wittily defcrib'd, in his Poem mention'd before : In Times o'ergrown withRuft and Ignorance, A gainful Trade their Clergy did advance...Knowledge was, in them did dwell^ And he a God who cou'd but read or fpell ; Then Mother-Church cfid mightily prevail : She parcel'd out the Bible by...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pages
...beginning to totter a little, Mr. Dryden has very wittily defcrib'cl, in his Poem mention'd before : In Times o'ergrown with Ruft and Ignorance, A gainful...know : When what fmall Knowledge was, in .them did d well ; And he a God who cou'd but read or fpell ; Then Mother-Church did mightily prevail : She parcel'd...
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 1

John Dryden - 1760 - 448 pages
...to expound. It fpeaks itfelf, and what it does contain, Jn all things needful to be known is plain. In times o'ergrown with ruft and ignorance, A gainful...priefts were authoriz'd to know : When what fmall knowlege was, in them did dwell ; And he a God who could but read and Ipell ; Then mother church did...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1767 - 318 pages
...to expound. It fpeaks itfelf, and what it does contain, Jn all things needful to be known is plain. In times o'ergrown with ruft and ignorance, A gainful...did advance: When want of learning kept the laymen }ow, And none but priefts were authoriz'd to know: When what frnall knowledge was, in them did dwell...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41 à 42

John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...contain, In all things needful to be known is plain. In times o'ergrown with rust and ignoraace, 376 A gainful trade their clergy did advance; When want of learning kept the layman low, And none hut priests were anthoris'd to know : When what small knowledge was in them did...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...to expound. It fpcaks itfelf, and what it docs contain, In all things needful tone known is plain. In times o'ergrown with ruft and ignorance, A gainful...want of learning kept the laymen low. And none but pricfls were authoriz'd to know When what fmall knowledge was, in them dk dwell ; And he a god who...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...commimon'd to expound. It fpcak* ufelf, and what it docs contain In all things needful to be known is plain. In times o'ergrown with ruft and ignorance, A gainful trade their clergy did advance ; When w.int of learning kept the laymen low, And none but priefts were authoriz'il to know : When what fmall...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 842 pages
...itfelf, and what it does contain, In all things needful to be known is plain. In times o'ergrown with rud and ignorance, A gainful trade their clergy did advance : When want of learning kept the laymen lew, And none but prieds were authoriz'd to know : When what fmall knowledge war, in them di dwell...
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