 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 стор.
...Men must he taught as if you taught thwm not." There is the celebrated definition of wit, " True wit is nature to advantage dressed; " What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." Do you want to illustrate the importance of early education ? You observe, "Just as... | |
 | Midland-metropolitan magazine - 1852 - 676 стор.
...descriptive, tinting it with the golden sunshine of his mind. He realises the poet of Pope's notion, True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Evangeline is a fine poem with an abundance of delicate sentiments. The victims of... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - 450 стор.
...Men must be taught as if you taught th«m not." There is the celebrated definition of wit, " True wit is nature to advantage dressed ; " What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." Do you want to illustrate the importance of early education ? You observe, "Just as... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 стор.
...thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.* Line 97. True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Line 156. A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1856 - 640 стор.
...must be taught as if you taught them not." There is the celebrated definition of wit, — " True wit is nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed." Do you want to illustrate the importance of early education? You observe — " Just... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 стор.
...first couplet given below U fuller, and therefore better, than that of the second:— 1. "True wit Is nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed,™ 2. "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1859 - 380 стор.
...at the same time natural, is well inculcated by Pope, in his " Essay on Criticism :" — " True wit is nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed ; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of... | |
 | William Evans Burton - 1859 - 690 стор.
...adapted to the subject ;" and Pope plagiarises or rather paraphrases the same idea, thus ; — Trne wit is nature to advantage dressed, "What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1861 - 468 стор.
...first couplet given below is fuller, and therefore better, than that of the second:— 1. "True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.*" 2. "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er... | |
 | William Dawbarn - 1862 - 226 стор.
..."Men must be taught as if you taught them not." There is the celebrated definition of wit, " True wit is nature to advantage dressed ; What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed." Do you want to illustrate the importance of early educaeation ? you observe "Just... | |
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed, — What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. 
