 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 - Sivu 56tekijä(t) Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Martin M'Dermot - 1820 - 1058 sivua
...taste confine, And glittering thoughts, struck out at every line. 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. In short, this observation extends to all men,... | |
 | Jacques Delille, Willem Bilderdijk - 1821 - 262 sivua
...Es,fay on Criticifm, het zelfde wat hier onze Autheur zegt, maar hy zegt het in een geheel anderen zin. Poets like Painters thus, unfkill'd to trace The naked...Grace, With Gold and Jewels cover ev'ry part, And hidc with Ornaments their want of art. Hier fpreekt Pope niet van uitdrukkingen ontleend van goud of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 sivua
...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 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 dress'd ; What oft was... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 sivua
...nothing 'a just 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1823 - 418 sivua
...as 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. No single property... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 sivua
...nothing's jnst or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, (hus unskilled 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 *o advantage dressed, What... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 sivua
...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 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 dress'd ; What oft was... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 sivua
...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 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 dress'd; What oft was... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sivua
...nothing's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets like painters, thus, unskill'd ive Perfection from the sun's more potent ray. These every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 sivua
...poetical critic — Poets, like painters, thus unskill'il to trace The nuked nature, and the livinif grace ; With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. I»opti's Essay on Criticism. A Modern Plagiarism, taken from Bion the Poet. It is said that the late... | |
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