 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...rapt urcwarimiheminJ, Nor lose, for that malignaut dull delifht, The gen'rous pleasure lo be'charm'd with wit. But in such lays as neither ebb nor flow, Correctly cold, and regularly low ; That shunning faults, one ijuiet tensr keep; We cannot blame indeed — but we niay sleep. In Wit,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...wandering eyes, Mills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps- arise ! A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ : Survey...malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be chann'd with wit. But, in such lays as neither ebb nor Bow, Correctly cold, and regularly low, That,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...wandering eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise ! A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ : Survey...Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor liise, for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit. But, in such... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...of wit With the same spirit that its author writ, ' Survey the whdle, nor seek slight faults to And, Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind; Nor lose, for that malignant, dull delight, The gen'rous pleasure to be charm 'd with wit : But in such lays as neither ebb nor flow, Correctly cold,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...wit with the same spirit that it's author writ; survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find 235 where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, the gen'rous pleasure to be charm'd with wit. But in such lays as neither ebb nor flow, correctly cold,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...eyes» Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise ! 6 A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ, Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to flnd, Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind; Xor lose, for that malignant, dull delight, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise ! A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ : Survey the WHOLE, nor seek slight faults to find 235 Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor Nor lose for that malignant dull delight.... | |
 | Horace - Criticism - 1812 - 198 pages
...olhos naõ descançaõ No crescido prospecto que aprezenta A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find 235 Where Nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose for that malignant dull delight, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 pages
...With the same spirit that its author writ ; •Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find 235 Where Nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The gen'rous pleasure to be charm'd with wit. But in such lays as neither ebb nor flow, Correctly cold,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 462 pages
...Author. Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Lectorem delectando, pariterque monendo. HOBACF. Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find, Where Nature moves, and rapture warms the mind. POPE. VOL. III. Citizen of fyt GLASGOW: anti for K. Sold >y A. & JM Duncan, Brash & Reid, J. Smith... | |
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Th' increasing prospect tires our wandering eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise ! A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves,... 
