 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
 | Henry Coppée - 1859 - 380 pagina’s
...original, and at the same time natural, is well inculcated by Pope, in his " Essay on Criticism :" — " 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... | |
 | William Evans Burton - 1859 - 690 pagina’s
...adapted to the subject ;" and Pope plagiarises or rather paraphrases the same idea, thus ; — Trne 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... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1861 - 468 pagina’s
...rhyme of the first couplet given below is 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 e'er... | |
 | William Dawbarn - 1862 - 226 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 educaeation ? you observe "Just... | |
 | 1863 - 830 pagina’s
...the right of the epigrammatic wit, whose object is expression, to avail himself of common ideas. " True wit is nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." It seems, says Pope, in a letter to Walsh, not so much the perfection of sense to... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1863 - 470 pagina’s
...first couplet given below is fuller, and therefore better, than that of the second : — 1. " Trne 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 e'er... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pagina’s
...he would see Things that ne'er were, nor are, nor e'er will be. SUCKLING. Epilogue to The Goblins. True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Part ii. Line 97. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1866 - 656 pagina’s
...instruction, " Men must be taught aa 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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pagina’s
...the living grace, with gold and jewels cover every part, and hide with ornaments their want of art. 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... | |
 | Wayne E. Burton - 1867 - 674 pagina’s
...adapted to the subject ;" and Pope plagiarises or rather paraphrases the same idea, thus ; — Trac 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... | |
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