Enclosing Quotes
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But every page having an ample marge, And every marge
enclosing in the midst A square of text
that looks a little blot.
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The third argument, enclosing and defending the other two, consists in the development of those principles of logic according to which the humble argument is the first stage of a scientific inquiry into the origin of the three Universes, but of an inquiry which produces, not merely scientific belief, which is always provisional, but also a living, practical belief, logically justified in crossing the Rubicon with all the freightage of eternity.
charles sanders peirce— V (A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God (1908))
But every page having an ample marge, And every marge enclosing in the midst A square of text that looks a little blot.
— Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King (published 1859-1885), Merlin and Vivien, line 669.
Thee will I sing in comely wainscot bound And golden verge enclosing thee around; The faithful horn before, from age to age Preserving thy invulnerable page. Behind thy patron saint in armor shines With sword and lance to guard the sacred lines; Th' instructive handle's at the bottom fixed Lest wrangling critics should pervert the text.
thomas tickell— Thomas Tickell, The Hornbook.
Children, if you dare to think Of the greatness, rareness, muchness, Fewness of this precious only Endless world in which you say You live, you think of things like this: Blocks of slate enclosing dappled Red and green, enclosing tawny Yellow nets, enclosing white And black acres of dominoes, Where a neat brown paper parcel Tempts you to untie the string.
robert graves— "Warning to Children," lines 1–11, from Poems 1929 (1929)
