 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 Seiten
...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 ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'rf ; Something whose truth, convinc'd at sight, we find, That gives us back the image... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 Seiten
...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, What oft...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. 300 .As shades more sweetly recommend... | |
 | 1806 - 408 Seiten
...the living grace, \Vith gold and jewels cover ev'ry 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'dj Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 Seiten
...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...but ne'er so well express'd ; Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us hack the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1808 - 236 Seiten
...the author has introduced a couplet from the writings of Pope, which bears rather hard on himself: " True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.'* . Now, although there may be much nature in the characters (as Fielding has drawn them) of ostlers,... | |
 | 1808 - 408 Seiten
...grace, With gold and jewels euvcr cv'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit U Nature to advantage 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 shade s more sweetly recommend... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1808 - 240 Seiten
...author has introduced a couplet from the writings of Pope, .which bears rather hard on himself: ". True. wit is Nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.*7 Now, although there may be much nature in the characters (as Fielding has drawn them)... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 Seiten
...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, what oft...but ne'er so well express'd ; something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, that give us back the image of our mind. 300 As shades more sweetly recommend... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 Seiten
...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, what oft...but ne'er so well express'd ; something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, that give us back the image of our mind. 300 As shades more sweetly recommend... | |
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True wit is nature to advantage 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. 
