 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
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pagina’s
...in the poem, Mr. Elwin, if he had understood his author better, might have bethought himself that— True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. It may be granted that the thoughts in the Essay are seldom new; how could they be... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 622 pagina’s
...dealing with the lofty abstract elements of the art. His wit answers to the definition of Pope : it is " Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." 8. Its combinations are, however, wonderful. Quick, subtle, and varied, ever suggesting... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pagina’s
...the Art of Poetry,' at beginning. If wit &c. Pope (after Boileau), Essay on Criticism, ii. 097-8 : 'True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.' Dryden (Pref. to The State of Innocence) defines wit as *a propriety of thoughts and... | |
 | Alan Benjamin Cheales - 1877 - 192 pagina’s
...such that none hearing, can ever forget. What can be more perfect in its degree than this definition ? True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. At one time the sting would appear to have been the thing chiefly studied. Many of... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 pagina’s
...He bids each flower his quickening word obey. Or to each lingering bloom enjoins delay. 25. WIT. — Pope. 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... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 pagina’s
...He bids each flower his quickening word obey. Or to each lingering bloom enjoins delay. 2v WIT. — Pope. 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... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 pagina’s
...thoughts adapted to the subject," and Pope gives us a similar opinion in the following words — " 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 to our... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 pagina’s
...thoughts adapted to the subject," and Pope gives us a similar opinion in the following words — " 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 to our... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 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... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1878 - 1082 pagina’s
...feeling of wit is occasioned by those relations of ideas which excite surprise, and surprise alone." " 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 language... | |
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