 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 страници
...least difference, thereby to avoid being misled. There are many men of wit, to one man of sense. Pope. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd; What oft was thought, 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. A man... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 страници
...much talked of, not to be defined, He that pretends to most, too, has least share. Otway. True trit is nature to advantage dress'd; What oft was thought. 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... | |
 | Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - 1853 - 644 страници
...Slugenblirf, aie 76) Sffiit Mtbinbcn, um blefe fdne ättttnmtfl auijuktütfen SS. 297—298. True wit ¡s nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd mit £. 482: Our sons their father's failing language see And such as Chaucer is, shall Dryden be.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 страници
...legitimate form anü office. Even wit itself, though it has been a favorite subject of speculation nnd m / } K[ o5 /\ x18 `M% Gr u %7 !{:' |1 ,.^7 9... q K j W I+ H&`j Vj 6ꇛ f z'0^ ` kr Ń I am apt to think that Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen 'to paper." Nor is Mr. Addison'a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 страници
...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 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. 300... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 страници
...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 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. , soo... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 страници
...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 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. As shades... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 страници
...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 was thought, 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... | |
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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 convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. 
