 In some fair body thus th' informing soul With spirits feeds, with vigour fills the whole ; Each motion guides, and every nerve sustains, Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn...  'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. - الصفحة 202بواسطة Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1862عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...heap of wit" It is employed twice in a single couplet to signify respectively fancy and judgment : " Some to whom heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use." And it is also used as a synonym for ingenious writers : " Some have at first for wits,... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 312
...sense of ' judgment' distinctively, is not true. The charge is founded on the following lines :— Some to whom heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use. Essay, 1. 80. It is alleged that in the second line wit means ' judgment.' But that this... | |
 | 1880 - عدد الصفحات: 562
...bestreben, sich recht gesucht auszudrücken, undeutlich geworden ist: Pope v. 80—86. Some, to whom heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 632
...Similar to that set for India Forest Service, sec p. 448. ENGLISH COMPOSITION. Time allowed, 2 hours. " Some, to whom heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and... | |
 | Great Britain. Civil Service Commission - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...Similar to that set for India Forest Service, sec p. 448. ENGLISH COMPOSITION. Time allowed, 2 hours. " Some, to whom heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 510
...editions prior to that of 1743. The couplet as altered by Pope now stands: — ' Some to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse Want as much more to turn it to its use.' 1. So. But Warburton well observes that this has only magnified the fault. P. 134, 1.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 270
...as containing an obvious blunder, Pope made them worse by altering them to— ' Some to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse Want as much more to turn it to its use.' This intensifies the fault. It is a curious testimony to the greatness of Butler's genius... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 276
...as containing an obvious blunder, Pope made them worse by altering them to — ' Some to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse Want as much more to turn it to its use. ' This intensifies the fault. It is a curious testimony to the greatness of Butler's genius... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 204
...conspires to praise her, The woman 's deaf, and does not hear ! POPE. CXXIV. 'SOME, to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it into use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife. POPE. CXXV.... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well. Some, to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, as man and wife.... | |
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