 True wit is nature to advantage dressed, — What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.  American Quarterly Review - Pagina 539geredigeerd door - 1835Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1851 - 54 pagina’s
...instruction, " Men must be taught as if you taught them not." There is the celebrated definition of wit, " True wit is nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." Do you want to illustrate the importance of early education ? You observe, " Just... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 pagina’s
...wit of all kinds too ; not merely that power of language which Pope chooses to denominate wit — " True wit is Nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so « ell expressed" — the same. He is never what we call humdrum ; never unwilling to begin to talk,... | |
 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 pagina’s
...instruction, " Men must he taught as if you taught thwm not." There is the celebrated definition of wit, " True wit is nature to advantage dressed; " What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." Do you want to illustrate the importance of early education ? You observe, "Just as... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - 450 pagina’s
...instruction, " Men must be taught as if you taught th«m not." There is the celebrated definition of wit, " True wit is nature to advantage dressed ; " What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." Do you want to illustrate the importance of early education ? You observe, "Just as... | |
 | Midland-metropolitan magazine - 1852 - 676 pagina’s
...descriptive, tinting it with the golden sunshine of his mind. He realises the poet of Pope's notion, True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Evangeline is a fine poem with an abundance of delicate sentiments. The victims of... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, 95 And hide with ornaments their want of art. Trae wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed ; Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives as back the image of... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pagina’s
...Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.* Line 97. True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Line 156. A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1856 - 640 pagina’s
...— " Men must be taught as if you taught them not." There is the celebrated definition of wit, — " True wit is nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." Do you want to illustrate the importance of early education? You observe — " Just... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 pagina’s
...rhyme of the first couplet given below U fuller, and therefore better, than that of the second:— 1. "True wit Is nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed,™ 2. "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1857 - 866 pagina’s
...continue the same metaphor, consists in the cookery of the author ; for, as Mr. Pope tells us,— " True wit is Nature to advantage dressed : What oft was thought, but ne'er eo well ei The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table... | |
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