Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where 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... Poems on Several Occasions - Strona 56autor: Christopher Smart - 1752 - Liczba stron: 230Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Alexander Pope - 1778 - Liczba stron: 410
...or fit j One glaring Ghaos and wild teap of wit. Poets like painters, thus, unfkill'd to trace 29$ The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and...part, And hide with Ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage drefs'd, What oft' was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; 30$ Something,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Liczba stron: 1164
...line ; 290 Pleas'd with a work where nothing's juft or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets like painters* thus unfkill'd to trace The naked...nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, 295 And hide with ornaments their -want of art. True Wit is Nature to advantage drefs'd,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Liczba stron: 406
...nothing 's juft or fit ; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets like painters, thus unflcill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, z95 And hide with ornaments their want of art. '. ' . True Wit is Nature to advantage drefs'd,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1783 - Liczba stron: 322
...ev'ry line ; Pkas'd with a work where nothing's juft or fit, One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets like painters, thus, unfkill'd to trace The...part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True Wit is Nature to advantage drefs'd, Wkat oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; Something,... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - Liczba stron: 548
...as in drefs or in language, fhows a mean or corrupted tafte : Poets, like painters, thus unficill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With...ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. Pcpe's E/ay on Criticifm. No fingle property recommends a machine more than its fimplicity ; not folely... | |
| Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden - 1788 - Liczba stron: 376
...jujl or fit i One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets like painters r thus, unskilTd to trate The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry fart, And hid» with ornaments their want of artTrue Wit is Nature to advantage dtefs'd, What oft war... | |
| Christopher Smart - 1791 - Liczba stron: 282
...ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work, where nothing's juft or fit, One glaring chaos, and wild heap of wit^ Poets like painters, thus unfkill'd to trace The naked...hide with ornaments their want of art. True f wit i' nature to advantage drefs'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; Something, whofe... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - Liczba stron: 510
...line; Pleas 'd with a work where nothing's juft or fit ; Ont glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. . Poets, like painters, thus, unfkill'd to trace The...part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is Nature to advantage drcfs'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; Something,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - Liczba stron: 966
...nothing's juft or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unlkill'd eir happinefs ; But mutual wants this hjppinufs incrcafe...ke-.-ps all nature's peace. Condition, circumftance wit is Nature to advantage drcfs'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'erfo well exprefs'd ; Something,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - Liczba stron: 574
...line ; Pleas 'd with a work where nothing 's juft or lit ; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unfkill'd to trace The...part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is Nature to advantage drefsV. ; What oft was t bought, but ne'er fo well ex pi -elVd ; Something,... | |
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