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" True wit is nature to 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. "
The British Essayists: World - Page 244
1823
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The World ..

1753 - 646 pages
...THURSDAY, November the ift, 1753. SIR, To Mr. FITZ-ADAM. JUSTLY admired poet of our own times, fpeaking in reference to his art, tells us, that True wit is nature to advantage drefsd, What eft iaas thought, but ne'er fo well exprcfsd. THE fame, it is prefumed, may be faid of...
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The World, Volume 1

Edward Moore - 1772 - 364 pages
...THURSDAY, November r, i753. To Mr. FITZ-ADAM. SIR, A JUSTLY admired poet of our own • times, fpeaking in reference to his art, tells us, that True wit is nature to advantage drefs'd, oft was thought, but ne'er Jo well exprefs'd. THE fame, it is prefumed, may be faid of alevery...
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The World, by Adam Fitz-Adam, Volume 1

1776 - 296 pages
...44. THURSDAY, Nov. i, 1753. To Mr FITZ-ADAM. S i R, A JUSTLY admired poet of our own times, fpeaking in reference to his art, tells us, that " True wit is Nature to advantage drefs'd, " What of: was thought, but ne'er fo well eiprefs'd." The fame, it is prefumed, may be faid...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...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 thought, but ne'er so well express'rf ; Something whose truth, convinc'd at sight, we find, That gives us back the image...
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The World, by Adam Fitz-Adam. [209 Nos. in 4 Vols. With a ..., Issues 1-104

1753 - 640 pages
...November the lA, 1753. To Mr*. F, i- T 2 - ADA M. SIR, JUSTLY admired poet of our own times, fpeakirig in reference to his art, tells us, that True wit is nature to advantage drefs'd, What eft was thought, 'but ne'er fo well exfrcfs'd. THE fame, it is prefumed, may be faid...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...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 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...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...the living grace, \Vith gold and jewels cover ev'ry 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'dj Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of...
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Poetical Works

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...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 ; Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...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 ; Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us hack the image of our mind. As shades...
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An Essay on Light Reading: As it May be Supposed to Influence Moral Conduct ...

Edward Mangin - 1808 - 236 pages
...the author has introduced a couplet from the writings of Pope, which bears rather hard on himself: " True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.'* . Now, although there may be much nature in the characters (as Fielding has drawn them) of ostlers,...
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