 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
 | 1879 - 636 pages
...India Forest Service, see p. 448. ENGLISH COMPOSITION. Time allowed, 2 hours. " 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." Or, Compare the characters of a maritime and a continental nation. The composition should Jill not... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1879 - 632 pages
...India Forest Service, sec p. 448. ENGLISH COMPOSITION. Time allowed, 2 hours. " 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." Or, Compare the characters of a maritime and a continental nation. The composition should Jill not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...the reading of all editions prior to that of 1743. The couplet as altered by Pope now stands: — ' Some to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse Want as much more to turn it to its use.' 1. So. But Warburton well observes that this has only magnified the fault. P. 134, 1. 15. Where wanted... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - Comparative linguistics - 1880 - 560 pages
...80—86. Some, to whom heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want äs much more, to turn it to its use; . v For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wHfe. 'Tis more to guide, than spur the muse's steed; Restrain his fury, than provoke bis speed ; The... | |
 | English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...sustains : Itself unseen, but in the effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profi's*. Want as much more, to turn it to its use For wit and...Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife. 'Tis more to guide, than spur the Muses' steed ; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed ; The winged... | |
 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - Literary Criticism - 1962 - 676 pages
...that lives on managing the riches of Nature." 'Elwin gives a reference to Mulgrave's Essay on Poetry: 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 : The winged... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...sustains; It self unseen, but in th' Effects, remains. Some, to whom Heav'n in Wit has been profuse, 80 Want as much more, to turn it to its use; For Wit and Judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's Aid, like Man and Wife. 'Tis more to guide than spur the Muse's Steed; Restrain... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Life, force, and beauty must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of art. (Fr. I) 26 en I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain, (Fr. I) 27 Those rules of old discovered, not devised, Are Nature sill, but Nature methodized; Nature,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...sustains; Itself unseen, but in th' effects, remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse, 80 Want as much more, to turn it to its use; For wit...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; The winged... | |
 | William David Shaw, Professor W David Shaw - Philosophy - 2005 - 316 pages
...contradiction surrounds the judicious scholar and witty poet in Alexander Pope's familiar aphorism: 'For wit and judgment often are at strife, / Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife' (An Essay on Criticism, 1.82-3). In practice, wit and judgment often sue for divorce. But in theory,... | |
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