 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 - Página 56por Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 páginas
...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 - 1164 páginas
...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 - 406 páginas
...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 - 322 páginas
...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 - 548 páginas
...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 - 376 páginas
...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 - 282 páginas
...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 - 510 páginas
...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 - 966 páginas
...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 - 574 páginas
...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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