 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 424 pàgines
...FITZ-ADAM. SIR, A jusTLY-admired poet of our own times, speaking in reference to his art, tells us, that True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. The same, it is presumed, may be said of almost every kind of writing. Europe is at present so much... | |
 | 1823 - 304 pàgines
...signature of truth, nor did they reflect any idea of his own ; they were not Something whose (ruth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind : POPE'S ESSAY ON CHIT. with respect to John, therefore, they had no characteristic of wit; and if... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 650 pàgines
...of truth, nor did they reflect any idea of his own ; they were not Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. POPE'S Essay on Crit. with respect to John, therefore, they had no characteristic of wit; and if they... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pàgines
...living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art, True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; COMMENTARY. 305.] are those who confine their attention solely to Conceit or Wit. And here again the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 pàgines
...living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art, True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; COMMENTARY. 305.] are those who confine their attention solely to Conceit or Wit. And here again the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pàgines
...the living graee, With gold and jewels eover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art revenge, join'd with a kingdom's gain, And, gain'd eonvine'd at sight we fmd, That gives us baek the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly reeommend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pàgines
...every part, And hide with ornamente their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dresu'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinced at sight we tind, That gives ne back the image of our mind. 300 As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 pàgines
...coiiv/ulc with the opinion of those whom the last speaker has attacked. My idea of wit is that it ' Is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well eipress'd ;' nor am I less persuaded of the truth of my assertion, that ' wit and judgment ever... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 222 pàgines
...the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft...thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose traili convinc'datsight we find., That gives us back the image ofour mind. As shades more sweetly recommend... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pàgines
...from nature ennobles art; an epithet or metaphor drawn from art degrades nature.—Johnson. CCCXXIX. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd; What oft...but ne'er so well express'd; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend... | |
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True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. 
