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 oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd... Poetical Works - الصفحة 11بواسطة Alexander Pope - 1808عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Alexander Pope - 1717 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...nothing's juft 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 ev'ry part, And hide with Ornaments their want of art. True * wit is nature to advantage drefs'd, What... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1722 - عدد الصفحات: 294
...painters, thus, unfkill'd to trace The naked nature atid the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry 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; * NutHtam inttutmur, hmr. feqiMmur ; id... | |
| David Fordyce - 1745 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...Daubers of Nature, than a favourite Poet is to blame thofe Pretenders to Wit, who, - — ^-unskilled to trace, *The naked Nature and the living Grace,...Part, And hide "with Ornaments their Want of Art. But after all, Madam, would you have Conver-. fation without its Ceremonials ? Cle. BY no means, Sir;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1749 - عدد الصفحات: 110
...nothing's juft 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 ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art. True Wit is Nature to advantage drefs'd,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - عدد الصفحات: 236
...Nicety^ which is a bafying one's felf about points and fyllables. Poets, like painters, thus, unfkilFd to trace The naked nature and the 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 drefs'd,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - عدد الصفحات: 240
...Nicety, which is a bufyinj one's felf about points Snd fyllables. Poets, like painters, thus, unfkill'd to trace The naked nature and the 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 drefs'd,... | |
| Christopher Smart - 1752 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...nothing's juft or fit, One glaring chaos, and wild heap of wit. 295 Poets like painters, thus unfkill'd to trace The naked nature, and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True -f- wit is nature to advantage drefs'd,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1752 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...f<. ft '^ chikuufelf with Kiitifr wsi&k ;» 4 i-_fr j / vr^|V|H Poets like painters, thus, unfkill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, 2 9 5 And hide with ornaments their want of art. True Wit is Nature to advantage drefs'd,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1754 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...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 ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art. True Wit is Nature to advantage drefs'd,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1757 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...Nicety, which is a bufying one's felf about points and Syllables. Poets, like painters, thus, unfkill'd to trace The naked nature and the 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 drefs'd... | |
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