 In some fair body thus th' informing soul With spirits feeds, with vigour fills the whole, Each motion guides, and every nerve sustains; Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn...  The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son - Page 256by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Macintosh - 1852 - 160 pages
...I and thou will accompany them if the weather is favourable. He and she are nearly of the same age. For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife. Soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Twice did he turn his back and purposed... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...heaven has blest with store of wit, Yet want as much again to manage it : For wit and judgment ever are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife. 'T is more to guide, than spur, the Muse's steed ; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed : The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 330 pages
...trick played the reader, he endeavoured to keep out of sight by altering the lines as they now stand." For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife. 'Tis more to guide, than spur the Muse's steed; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed : 85 The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 626 pages
...the ' Me'chant,'§ and a humorous poem entitled ' Ver-vert,' have original ' [" Some to whom heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more, to turn it to its use."—Pope.] t [It is also characterized by La Harpe, as " exceeding in plot, style, humor, and vivacity,... | |
 | 1854 - 792 pages
...again to govern It' And in another place, I doubt with too much truth — ' For wit and judgment ever are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.' " Hardly any two other men could be found better qualified to pronounce judgment upon the profitableness... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...and every nerve sustains ; Itself unseen, but in the effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit4 has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often arc at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife. 'Tis more to guide, than spur the... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1857 - 818 pages
...HORACE E. SCUDDER, THOMA3 POST, I R. HALSTRD WAR!*, WILLIAM WHITE. TASTE » s . EDUCATION. " For Taste and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife." — POPE. AMONG those poetical expressions with which we are so familiar that we always assent to their... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - French language - 1858 - 576 pages
...the whole, Each motion guides, and every nerve sustains Itself unseen, but in th* effect remains. 3 Some, to whom heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use : 40. Se (Upouillcr. 41. Ce qul est juste on Injuste. 42. Abstraction faltc rie f -* divers prejuges.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 pages
...motion guides, and every nerve sustains, Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn...Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife. 'Tis more to guide than spur the Muse's steed, Restrain his fury than provoke his speed : The winged... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...; tself unscen, but in the eIfeets remains. 5' me, to whom Heaven in wit has bcen profuse, 'A' ant ose faith has ever sacred been — • And so has...a queen : Her answer she shall have, I undertake ; 'Tis more to guide, than spur the Muses' stced ; Restrain his fury, than provoke his spced ; The winged... | |
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