 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1772 - 264 pages
...poetry. 5Yet, 'tis n6t to adorn, and gild each part ; • That fhows more coft, than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear; ' ,. Rather, than all things, wit, let none be there, Several lights will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. [/] Houfei] Here ufed in the double... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...of Wit ; 57 Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...exuberance of Wit : Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...by poetry. Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part ; That fhows more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear; Rather than all things Wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...exuberance of wit; Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear; Rather than all things wit, let none be there, Several lights will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - English language - 1794 - 436 pages
...Touchftone : For 'tis not to adorn and gild each part— That fhows more coft than art ; Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear : Rather than all things WIT, let none be there ^ Several lights will not be ken, X . If there is nothing clfe between , Men doubt, becaufe they ftand... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...exuberance of Wit : Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more coft than art. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they Hand fo... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...poetry. v. Yet 't is dot to adorn and gild each part ; That Ihewi more coft than art. Jewels at nol'c and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things Wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be feen, If there be nothing elfe between. Men doubt, becaufe they ftand fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...excellence than that in which Cowley condemns *"ienjKe of Wit : Yet 'tis not to aJorn and g'.U ench part, That shews more cost than art. Jewels at nose...appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be seen. If there be nothing else between. Men doubt, because they stand so... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...rai.'d by poetry. Yet 'tis nit to adorn and pud each put; That ihows more coft than art, Jev/rU at nofe and lips but ill appear; Rather than all things Wit, let none be there. Several light« will not be feen, If there be nothing elle between. Men do'ibt, becaufe they ftanJ... | |
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tis not to adorn and gild each part, That shows more cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be seen, If there be nothing else between. Men doubt, because they stand... 
