 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 oldal
...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 of our mind. yxi As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit: For works... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1783 - 78 oldal
...laying before them What oft vf as thought , but ne' erfo well expreß , Something wbofe truth convine' d at Sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. Such is the philofophy of HOMER , HESIOD , VIRGIL , HORACE , JUVENAL and others of the tunefull clafs... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 430 oldal
...of truth, nor did they reflect any- idea of his own; they were not " Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, " That gives us back the image of our mind." POPE'S Eitay OH Crit. with respect to John, therefore they had no characteristic of wit; and if they... | |
 | 1803 - 254 oldal
...truth, nor did they reflect any idea of his own — they were not " Something whose trath convinc'd at sight we find, " That gives us back the image of our mind." POPE. With respect to John therefore they had no characteristic of wit ; and if they contained knowledge,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 oldal
...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. 300 .As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit : For works... | |
 | 1806 - 408 oldal
...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 our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets ofl" sprightly wit. For works... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1806 - 578 oldal
...thought in different language will disgust or delight us. So just is the axiom of Pope,— " True wit.1 is nature to advantage dressed ; " What oft. was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." " I believe I mentioned in a former letter, that I had seen Bryant on the " Rowleyan... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 410 oldal
...thought in different language will disgust or delight us. So just is the axiom of Pope, — " True wit,* is nature to advantage dressed ; " What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." " I believe I mentioned in a former letter, that I had seen Bryant on the ' Rowleyan... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 412 oldal
...thought in different language will disgust or delight us. So just is the axiom of Pope, — " True wit,* is nature to advantage dressed ; " What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." " I believe I mentioned in a former letter, that I had seen Bryant on the ' Rowleyan... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 oldal
...advantage drest, '"What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest ; "'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... | |
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Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. 
