| Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...Jn a true Piece of Wit all things muft be, Yet all things, there agree; t A* As in the Ark, joyn'd without Force or Strife, All Creatures dwelt, all...Creatures that had Life. Or as the Primitive Forms of all, Which without Difcord and Confufion lie, In that ftrange Mirrour of the Deity. CmL 'Tisnota Plaihof... | |
| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pages
...define ? In a true Piece of Wit all Things muft bs, Yet all Things there agree : As in the Ark, joyn'd without Force or Strife^ All Creatures dwelt, all Creatures that had Life : Orasthe primitive Form's oT all, Which withour Difcord and Confufion lye, ln that fti-anse Mirror... | |
| John Bell - 1777 - 658 pages
...the Power Divine, 5j We only ean by negatives define ? VIII. In a true pieee of Wit all things muil be, Yet all things there agree : As in the Ark, join'd without foree or ftrife, Ail ereatures dwelt, all ereatures that had life. d» Or as the primitive forms of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 384 pages
...which, like the Power Divine, We only can by negatives define ? In a true piece of Wit all things muft be, Yet all things there agree ; As in the ark, join'd without force or ftrife, All creatures dwelt ; all creatures that had hfe i Or, as the primitive forms of all (If we... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...which, like the Power Divine, We only can by negatives define ? In a true piece of Wit all things muft be, Yet all things there agree ; As in the ark, join'd without force or ftrife, All creatures dwelt ; all creatures that had life : Or, as the primitive forms of all (If we... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...As in the Ark, join'd without force br ftrife, All creatures dwelt, all creatures that had li! .-. Or as the primitive forms of all, (If we compare great things with fmall) Which without difcord or confufion lie, In that ftrange mirror of the Deity. IX. But Love, that... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...some odd similitude. What is it then, which, like the Power Divine, We only can by negatives define ? In a true piece of Wit all things must be, Yet all...ark, join'd without force or strife, All creatures dwell'd ; all creatures that had life : Or, as the primitive forms of all (If we compare great things... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pages
...books, or art. SWIFT. Wit, as distinguished from humour, may consist of a single brilliant thought ; In a true piece of wit all things must be, Yet all things there agree. COWLEY. But humour runs in a vein ; it is not a striking, but an equable and pleasing, flow of wit... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. — Mdisan. MCXLVIII. In a true piece of wit all things must be. Yet all things there agree: As in the ark joined without force or strife, All creatures dwelt, all creatures that had life: Or, as the primitive... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.—Addison. MCXLVIIL In a true piece of wit all things must be, Yet all thmgs there agree: As in the ark joined without force or strife, All creatures dwelt, all creatures... | |
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