 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 - Stran 11avtor: Alexander Pope - 1808Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 strani
...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 - 294 strani
...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 - 472 strani
...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 - 110 strani
...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 - 236 strani
...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 - 240 strani
...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 - 264 strani
...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 - 398 strani
...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 - 264 strani
...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 - 280 strani
...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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