Boileau has so well enlarged upon in the preface to his works: that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. The Works of Alexander Pope - Página xxivpor Alexander Pope - 1764Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 páginas
...so very well enlarged upon in the preface to his works, that wit and fins writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 páginas
...so very well enlarged upon in the preface to his works, that wit and fine writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 páginas
...so very well enlarged upon in the preface to his works, that wit and line writing do not consist so e of our neighbours hath not thought it beneath the public care to promote and reward the improvem impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1880 - 712 páginas
...very well enlarged upon in the preface to his works, [that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turnTJ It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1882 - 550 páginas
...has so well enlarged upon in the preface to his works: that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
| Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1888 - 824 páginas
...its lines,* justifying the truth of Addison's dictum, that " Wit and fine Writing doth not consist so much in advancing Things that are new as in giving Things that are known an agreeable Turn." The criticism in the Speclalor from * e.0., " And Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.'1 which... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 páginas
...truth and solidity. And here give me leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so well enlarged upon in the preface to his works : That wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1896 - 112 páginas
...constructions. With these remarks of Pope compare Addison : " Wit and fine writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us, who live in the later ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
| William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 410 páginas
...finished epigrammatic couplets of the critic of twenty, that ' Wit and fine Writing doth not consist so much in Advancing Things that are new, as in giving Things that are known an agreeable Turn.' What, for instance, could be neater or more skilful than the way in which these verges (some of which... | |
| George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 314 páginas
...and Solidity. And here give me Leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so very well enlarged upon in the Preface to his Works, that Wit and fine Writing doth not con/ sist so much in advancing Things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable... | |
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