Poets, like painters, 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 is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd... Poetical Works - Page 11by Alexander Pope - 1808Full view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1828 - 222 pages
...nothing's just or fit, One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With...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... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 pages
...terror, the first place is due to thunder and lightning. Adduon. Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'iy part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. Pqie't Eaay an Criticim. О still the same Ulysses,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus unekill'd ll fed heroes, their pacific mayors, Their annual...long my party built on me their hope«, For writing convinced at sight we find ; That gives us back the image of our mind. 300 As shades more sweetly recommend... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 328 pages
...in dress or in language, shows a mean or corrupted taste : — Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With...every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. ' POPE'S ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Simplicity in behavior has an enchanting effect, and never fails to gain... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...for wit of all kinds too; not merely that power of language which Pope chorees to denominate wit: " True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd;" but surprising allusions, brilliant sallies of vivacity, and pleasant conceits. His tpeeches in parliament... | |
| James Flamank - 1833 - 414 pages
...definition of wit is not sufficiently comprehensive, though it is correct as far as it goes : — " True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft...ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth, convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind." Dr. Isaac Barrow observes of... | |
| 1833 - 516 pages
...thing that can move and animate the passions." (Ibid. dial, ii, p. 54.) Pope justly observes: — " True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft...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 more sweetly recommend... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...Quixote,' written by Alonzo Avellanada, and translated by Le Sage. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pages
...nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With...advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprew'd ; . Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find ; That gives us back the image... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...no: lung's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd untain's side an. True wit is nature to advantage drees'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well cxpress'd ; Something,... | |
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