...victory and superiority ! The sum of the dispute was this. Wit being talked of, Mr. Pepys repeated, — " True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd." " That, sir," cried Dr. Johnson, " is a definition both false and foolish. Let wit be dressed how it...

...abruptly withdrew. The sum of the dispute was this. Wit being talked of, Mr. Pepys repeated, — " True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expresa'd." " That, sir," cried Dr. Johnson, " is a definition both false and foolish. Let wit...

...almost all writing that is graceful and pleasing, and is peculiarly applicable to the present volume. ' True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.' Or, to take another quotation from one of our older poets ; f which, however, is still more happily...

...accustomed to conventional ornaments, according to which pure and noble nature, in order to * L. 297, 298. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd. What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. 482. Our sons their fathers' failing language see. And such as Chaucer's is, shall Dryden's be. appear...

...almost all writing that is graceful and pleasing, and is peculiarly cipplicable to the present volume. ' True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.' Or, to take another quotation from one of our older poets; f which, however, is still more happily...

...accustomed to conventional ornaments, according to which pure and noble nature, in order to * L. 297, 298. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd. What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprcss'd. 482. Our sons their fathers' failing language see, And such as Chaucer's is, shall...

...of a country without having control over the language of that country. Pope's famous couplet runs: True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd. What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. And Hudson, in his popular book An Introduction to the Study of Literature, writes, "Literature is...

...the Algebra of Relations and Their Affiliates (Logic without Connectives. Variables. or Quantifiers) "True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft...so well express'd; Something whose truth convinc'd we find. That gives us back the image of our mind." Pope Of all areas of modern logic, one of the most...

...are converging toward similar concepts. This effect of style may be likened to Pope's comment on wit: True wit is nature to advantage dress'd. What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. The importance of style in poetry is clear and reflects not only the conventions of the poet's time...

...consisting of five lines. closed couplet: a couplet whose sense is completed within its two lines. Example: True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd. consonance: the use of and identical pattern of consonants in different words. Example: slow, sly,...