 | Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 sider
...facilliml- accipiunt animi quod agnofcunt. Quintil. lib. 8. c. 3. Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As ihades more fweetly recommend the light, So mode ft plainnefs fets off fprightly wit : For works may... | |
 | 1720 - 302 sider
...accipiunt 4nimi quid agiefcunt. Quini.il, lib. 8. c. 3. ; Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As fhades more fweetly recommend the light, So modeft plainnefsfets offfprightly wit: For works may have... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1722 - 364 sider
...drefs't, of What oft' was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs't j Something, whofe Truth convinced at fight we find. That gives us back the Image of our Mind. As Shades more fweetly recommend the Light : So modeft Plainnefs fet's-of fprightly Wit. For Works may have more Wit... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1722 - 360 sider
...drefs't, What oft' was thought, but ne'er fo well exfrefs't 5 Something, whofe Truth convinc 'd at fight we find. That gives us back the Image of our Mind. As Shades more fweetly recommend the Light : So modeft Plainnefs fet's-off fprightly Wit. For Works may have more... | |
 | Christopher Smart - 1752 - 264 sider
...300 What oft was thought, but ne'er fb well exprefs'd ; Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight, we find* That gives us back the image of our mind. As fhades more fweetly recommend the light, Somodeft plainnefs fets off Iprightly wit: 305 For works may... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 sider
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 sider
...What oft' was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; 30$ Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind: As fhades more fweetly recommend the light, So modeft plainnefs fets offfprightly Wit : For works may... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1783 - 78 sider
...laying before them What oft vf as thought , but ne' erfo well expreß , Something wbofe truth convine' d at Sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. Such is the philofophy of HOMER , HESIOD , VIRGIL , HORACE , JUVENAL and others of the tunefull clafs... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 sider
...drefs'd, Wkat oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As fhades more fweetly recommend the light, So modeft plainnefs fets off fprightly wit j For works may... | |
 | Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden - 1788 - 376 sider
...dtefs'd, What oft war thought, but ne'er fo wel exfrefs'd; Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight wt find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades mort fwtetly recommend the light,}, So modejl plainnefs fets off fprightJy wit. For works may have... | |
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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 convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. 
