...whole, to continue the same metaphor, consists in the cookery of the author; for, as Mr. Pope tells us, True wit is nature to advantage drest; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. The same animal, which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke,...

...wits. Serious wit, therefore, is neither more nor less than quick wisdom, or according to Pope, — True wit is nature to advantage drest, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. Second, as to comic wit, this is the general acceptation of wit amongst us, and is of the easiest kind,...

...wits. Serious wit, therefore, is neither more nor less than quick wisdom, or according to Pope, — True wit is nature to advantage drest, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. Second, as to comic wit, this is the general acceptation of wit amongst us, and is of the easiest kind,...

...his wits. Serious wit, therefore, is neither more nor less than quick wisdom, or, according to Pope, True wit is nature to advantage drest, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. Second, as to comic wit, this is the general acceptation of wit amongst us, and is of the easiest kind,...

...to continue the same metaphor, consists in the cookery of the author; for, as Mr. Pope tells us, " True wit is nature to advantage drest; What oft was thought, but ne'er SO well esprest." The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table...

...fair flow'r the early spring suppliet ['hat gaily blooms, but e'en in blooming dies Ptp, 47* WITCHES. True wit is nature to advantage drest, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. Something, whose truth eonvine'd at sight we und That gives us baek the image of our mind. Pope. Modest...

...wits. Serious wit, therefore, is neither more nor less than quick wisdom, or, according to Pope,— True wit is nature to advantage drest. What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. Second, as to comic wit, this is the general acceptation of wit amongst us, and is of the easiest kind,...

...His thought in this respect reminds one of the well-known definition of wit — " Wit is but reason to advantage drest — What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest." He gave the cream of the common wisdom expressed in language, and enforced with illustrations which...

...In our small skiff we must not launch too far; Wo hero but coasters, not discoverers, are. DRYDEN. True wit is nature to advantage drest, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. POPE. Since...

...same thing. The notion evidently corresponds with that so illexplained by Pope in the lines — • True wit is nature, to advantage drest ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. where, though it is difficult to conceive what is meant by Nature, the thing described is clearly the...