 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 donbt, because they stand...  The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 49edited by - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 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 fo thick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 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 Co thick i'th' fky, If tliofe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...bride adarnetli herself i';th her jewels, îs^iab. Yet 'tis not to aJcrn and gild each part, That thews more cost than art ; Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear. Cc-a:ley. "• To set out any place or thing with decorations. A galley adorned with the pictures or... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...censuring the profusion with which glittering thoughts are sometimes heaped together, he says, Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part; That shows more cost...appear; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. He further observes, that it is not wit upon all things to obtrude And force some odd similitude. The... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1807 - 320 pages
...censuring the profusion with which glittering thoughts are sometimes heaped together, he says, Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part ; That shows more...cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear : Bather than all things wit, let none be there. He further observes, that it is not wit upon all things... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1807 - 606 pages
...poetry. He fays, WIT is 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 fland fo thick I' th' fky, If thofe... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 490 pages
...Theban wall. Such miracles are ceas'd ; and now we see No towns or houses raia'd by poetry. Yet 't is not to adorn and gild each part ; That shows more...will not be seen. If there be nothing else between, den doubt, because they stand so thick i* th* sky, f those be stars which paint Die Galaxy. F is not... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...that in which Cowley condemns exuberance of wit : Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That shews more cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips but ill...seen, If there be nothing else between. Men doubt, becr.ure they stand so thick i'th' sky, If those be stars which paint the galaxy. In his verses to... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...Thebau wall. Such miracles are ceas'd ; and now we see No towns or houses rais'd by poetry. Yet 't is not to adorn and gild each part ; That shows more cost than art. Jewels at uose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things Wit, let none be there. Several lights will not... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...easily be found of greater excellence than that in which Cowley condemns exuberance of wit : Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, That shows more cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips hut ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be seen, If... | |
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