 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
 | English essays - 1823 - 440 pages
...F1TZ-ADAM. " Sill, " A jusTLY-admiredpoet of our own times, speaking in reference to his art, tells us, that True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. " The same, it is presumed, may be said of almost every kind of writing. Europe is at present so much... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 788 pages
...SIR, •" A JusTtY-admired poet of our own times, speaking in reference to his art, tells us, that True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. " The same, it is presumed, may be said of almost every kind of writing. Europe is at present so much... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 424 pages
...FITZ-ADAM. SIR, A jusTLY-admired poet of our own times, speaking in reference to his art, tells us, that True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. The same, it is presumed, may be said of almost every kind of writing. Europe is at present so much... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 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...art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What ofs was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 pages
...unskill'd to trace The naked nature, and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art, True Wit...What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; COMMENTARY. 305.] are those who confine their attention solely to Conceit or Wit. And here again the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 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 gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art, True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 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 gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art, True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...nothing 's jnst 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...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...painters, thus, unskill'd to traee The naked nature and the living graee, With gold and jewels eover he eould, young-wise, wise-valiant, frame His sire's...revenge, join'd with a kingdom's gain, And, gain'd eonvine'd at sight we fmd, That gives us baek the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly reeommend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...nothing 's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus nnskilTd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornamente their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dresu'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er... | |
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