 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 574 страници
...the subject in Miss Burney's Diary (Oct. 29, 1782). " Wit being talked of, Mr. Pepys repeated, — s True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. ' That, sir,' cried Dr. Johnson, ' is a definition both false and foolish. Let wit be dressed how it... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1857 - 516 страници
...on the subject in Miss Burney's Diary (Oct. 29, 1782). " Wit being talked of, Mr. Pepys repeated,— True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. ' That, sir,' cried Dr. Johnson, ' is a definition both false and foolish. Let wit be dressed how it... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 страници
...thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit...ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth, convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 страници
...thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part. And hide with ornaments their want of art True wit...advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exoreu'd Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find ; That gives us back the image or our... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 страници
...in wit has been profuse, Want as much more, to turn it to its use. POPE. — On Criticism, Line 80. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. POPE. — Line 207. Wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 страници
...unskill'd to trace The naked naturt, and 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 6ft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something, whose truth convinced at... | |
 | 1983 - 324 страници
...of a country without having control over the language of that country. Pope's famous couplet runs: True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd. What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. And Hudson, in his popular book An Introduction to the Study of Literature, writes, "Literature is... | |
 | Richard M. Martin - 1983 - 248 страници
...the Algebra of Relations and Their Affiliates (Logic without Connectives. Variables. or Quantifiers) "True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft...so well express'd; Something whose truth convinc'd we find. That gives us back the image of our mind." Pope Of all areas of modern logic, one of the most... | |
 | Mark Amsler - 1986 - 222 страници
...are converging toward similar concepts. This effect of style may be likened to Pope's comment on wit: True wit is nature to advantage dress'd. What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. The importance of style in poetry is clear and reflects not only the conventions of the poet's time... | |
 | Bessie G. Redfield - 1986 - 328 страници
...consisting of five lines. closed couplet: a couplet whose sense is completed within its two lines. Example: True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. consonance: the use of and identical pattern of consonants in different words. Example: slow, sly,... | |
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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 ; Something, whose truth, convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. 
