 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or any art or science, which have not been tonched upon by others;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...upon in the preface to his works : that wit and fine writing 'loth not coasist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us. who live in the Intter ages of the world, to make observations in criicism, morality,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 374 pages
...upon in the preface to his works : that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...upon in the preface to his works, that " wit and fine writing do not consist so much in ad" vancing things that are new, as in giving things that " are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for " us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make " observations in criticism,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...been the office of malevolence and folly. Wit and fine writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. We attend to the conversation of a beautiful woman, not because we hear, but because we see her : there... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...upon in the Preface to his Works, that wit and tine jl writing do nut consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeahle torn. It is impussihle for us who live in the latter ages of the world, to make ohservations... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...upon in the Preface to his Works ; that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 390 pages
...writing doth not consist so much in ad* Preface to his Poems, p. 18. 53. 3 Spectator, N° 253, vancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 294 pages
...upon in the Preface to his Works ; that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 278 pages
...enlarged upon in the preface to his works, that wit and fine writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality,... | |
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And here give me leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so well enlarged upon in the preface to his works: That wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn. 
