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 - Page 56by Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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 gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What... | |
| 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...nothing's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and s ĦId heap ol wit. Poets, like painters, thus uuskill'd ng in himself he stood : At length he took the passage to the jeirels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. Trne wit ie nature to advantage... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...terror, the first place is due to thunder and lightning. Adduon. Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'iy part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. Pqie't Eaay an Criticim. О still the same Ulysses,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus unekill'd ll fed heroes, their pacific mayors, Their annual trophies, and their mont every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd. What... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...in dress or in language, shows a mean or corrupted taste : — 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. ' POPE'S ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Simplicity in behavior... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1833 - 518 pages
...or in language, .shows a mean or corrupted taste : Poets, like painters, thus unskilled to trace j The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and...ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. Pope's Essay on Criticism, ent are the artificial manners of modern times. General theorems, abstracting... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...Quixote,' written by Alonzo Avellanada, and translated by Le Sage. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'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 dress'd... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...no: lung's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd untain's side every part, And hide with ornaments their want of an. True wit is nature to advantage drees'd, What... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...nothing's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd worn he had bewitch 41 me to him, If e'er I slept, I dream'd every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage drcss'd ; What... | |
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