 | François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon (abp. of Cambrai.) - 1722
...of What oft' was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs't j Something, whofe Truth convinced at fight we find. That gives us back the Image of our Mind. As Shades more fweetly recommend the Light : So modeft Plainnefs fet's-of fprightly Wit. For Works may have more... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1722 - Liczba stron: 326
...What oft' was thought, but ne'er fo well exfrefs't 5 Something, whofe Truth convinc 'd at fight we find. That gives us back the Image of our Mind. As Shades more fweetly recommend the Light : So modeft Plainnefs fet's-off fprightly Wit. For Works may have... | |
 | 1806 - Liczba stron: 380
...dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'dj Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets ofl" sprightly wit. For works may have more... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808
...dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit: For works may have more... | |
 | British poets - 1809
...dress' d, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit: For works may have more... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 546
...What oft was thought, but ne'er to well'exprcss'd ; 298 Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So' modest plainness sets off sprightly' wit; For works may have... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1810 - Liczba stron: 186
...dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light ; So modest plainness sets off sprightly ivit. For works may have... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...dress'd, What oft was thought, 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 the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit: Forworks may have more... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - Liczba stron: 822
...dress'd, What ofs was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we 6ưw - more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit: For works may have more... | |
 | British anthology - 1825
...dress'd, What oft was thought, 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 the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit : For works may have more... | |
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Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit. For works may have more wit than does 'em good, As bodies perish through... 
