...Pope's summary of the powers of wit no notice is taken in the essay of which I have spoken, viz. " True wit is nature to advantage drest, What oft was thought but ne'er so well express'd." This is equally vague and indeterminate as Dryden's. Wit has certainly more to do...

...for wit of all kinds too : not merely that power of language which Pope chooses to denominate wit : (True wit is nature to advantage drest; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well eaprest.) envy Burke for, is, his being constantly the same. He is never what we call hum-drum...

...too : not merely that power of language which Pope chooses to denominate wit : (True wit isfiature to advantage drest; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest.) envy Burke for, is, his being constantly the same. He is never what we call hum-drum ; never tmwilbut...

...the same name. In reality, true nature is as difficult to be met with in authors, as the Bayonne ham or Bologna sausage is to be found in the shops. 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, may perhaps be degraded in another...

...the same name. In reality, true nature is as difficult to be met with in authors, as the Bayonne ham or Bologna sausage is to be found in the shops. But...cookery of the author; for, as Mr. Pope tells us, True nit is nature to advantage dreat; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. The same animal,...

...the same name. In reality true Nature is as difficult to be met with in authors, as the Bayonne ham or Bologna sausage is to be found in the shops. But...Mr Pope tells us, True wit is Nature to ad.vantage dreu'd ; What off was thought, but ne'er so well erfirea'd. The same animal which hath the honour to...

...the same name. In reality true Nature is as difficult to be met with in authors, as the Bayonne ham or Bologna sausage is to be found in the shops. But...of the author ; for, as Mr Pope tells us, True wit ii Nature to advantage drets'd ; What off was thought, but ne'er 30 well czpreii'd. The some animal...

...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,...

...the same name. In reality, true nature is as difficult to be met with in authors, as the Bayonne ham, or Bologna sausage, is to be found in the shops. But...author; for as Mr. Pope tells us, True wit is nature to adrantage drest ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest. The same animal, which hath the...