 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...has been often thought, but was never before fo well exprefled," they certainly never attained, nor ever fought it; for they endeavoured to be fingular...Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depreffes it below its natural dignity, and reduces it from Arength of thought to happinefs of language.... | |
 | Books - 1780 - 596 pages
...fought it ; for they endeavoured to be Angular in their thoughts, and were carelefs of their diftion. But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous...it below its natural dignity, and reduces it from llrength of thought to happinefs of language. ' If by a more noble and more adequate conception that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...been often thought, *' but was never before fo well exprcfled," they certainly never attained, nor ever fought it ; for they endeavoured to be fingular...Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he deprcflcs it below its its natural dignity, and reduces it from ftrengih of thought to happinefs of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...exprefled," they certainly never attained, nor ever fought it ; for they endeavoured to be fmgular in their thoughts, and were carelefs of their diction....Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he deprcfles it below its natural dignity, and reduces it from ftrength of thought to happinefs of language.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 478 pages
...been often thought, ** but was never before fo well expreffed," they certainly never attained, nof ever fought it ; for they endeavoured to be fingUlar...carelefs of their diction. But Pope's account of wit is unr doubtedly erroneous : he deprefles it below -. , ; .. - if? its natural dignity, and reduces it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...exprefled," they certainly never attained, nor ever fought it ; for they endeavoured to be lingular in their thoughts, and were carelefs of their diction....it' below its natural dignity, and reduces it from ftrengtb. of thought to happinefs of language. If by a more noble and more adequate conception that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...has been often thought, but was never before fo " well exprefled," they certainly never attained, nor ever fought it ; for they endeavoured to be fingular...Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he deprcfles it below its natural dignity, and reduces it from ftrength of thought to happinefs of language.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Poets, English - 1790 - 508 pages
...been often thought, '* but was never before fo well exprefled," they certainly never attained, nor ever fought it; for they endeavoured to be fingular in their thoughts, and were carelefs of their di&ion. But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous: he deprefles it below its natural dignity,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...has been often thought, " but was never before fo well expreffed," they certainly never attained, nor ever fought it ; for they endeavoured to be fingular...Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depreffes it below its natural dignity, and reduces it from ftrength of thought to happinefs of language.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...remarks on thele poets, whom, after Dryden, he calls the metapliyfical poets, he fays, very finely ; " Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous ; he deprefles it below its natural dignity, and reduce? it from flrength of thought to happinefs of language. " If by a more noble and more adequate... | |
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If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its... 
