 | 1773 - 614 pages
...that nothing in the poet's whole writings could be more worthy of his oblervation : ' So ftrong a wit did nature to him frame, As all things, but his judgment, overcame ; His judgment, like the heav'nly moon, did (how, Temp'ring that mighty fea below.' There cannot be any thing, either in ancient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 384 pages
...notions throng About his eloquent tongue, Nor could his ink flow fafter than his wit. So ftrong a wit did Nature to him frame, As all things but his judgment...overcame ; His judgment like the heavenly moon did fhow, Tempering that mighty fea below. Oh ! had he liv'd in Learning's world, what bound Would have... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...notions throng About his eloquent tongue, Nor could his ink flow fafter than his wit. So ftrong a wit did Nature to him frame, As all things but his judgment...overcame; His judgment like the heavenly moon did mow, Tempering that mighty fea below. Oh ! had he liv'd in Learning's world, what bound • Would have... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pages
...notions throng About his eloquent tongue, . . Nor could his ink flow faster than his wit. So strong a wit did Nature to him frame, As all things but his judgment overcame ; His judgment like the heavenly ^noon did sho\r, Tempering that mighty sea below. Oh ! had he li/d in Learning's world, what bound... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...*hsong About his eloquent tongue, Nor could his ink flow faster than h<s,wit* -„ ; So strong a wit did Nature to him frame, As all things but his judgment...heavenly moon did show,. Tempering that mighty sea below. Oh ! had he liv'd in Learning's world, what bound Would have been able to control His over-powering... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...notions throng About his eloquent tongue, Nor could his ink flow faster than his wit. So strong a wit did Nature to him frame, As all things but his judgment...heavenly moon did show, Tempering that mighty sea below. Oh! had he liv'd in Learning's world, what bound Would have been able to control His over-powering... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...notions throng about his el'quent tongue, nor could his ink flow faster than his wit. So strong a wit did nature to him frame, as all things, but his judgment, overcame; his judgment like the heav'nly moon did shew, temp'ring that mighty sea below. Oh, had he Jiv'd in learnings vioM, < would... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...notions throng about his el'quent tongue, nor could his ink flow faster than his wit. So strong a wit did nature to him frame, as all things, but his judgment, overcame; his judgment like the heav'nly moon did shew, temp'ring that mighty sea below. Oh, had he liv'd in learning's world, what... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...notions throng About his eloquent tongue, Nor could his ink flow faster than his wit. So strong a wit did Nature to him frame, As all things but his judgment...heavenly moon did show, Tempering that mighty sea below. Oh ! had he liv'd in Learning's world, what bound Would have been able to control His overpowering... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...notions throng About his eloquent tongue, Nor could his ink flow faster than his wit. So strong a wit did Nature to him frame As all things but his judgment...heavenly moon did show, Tempering that mighty sea below. Oh ! had he lived in Learning's world, what bound Would have been able to control His overpowering... | |
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The greatness of wit, by which the poetic talent is here chiefly to be understood, manifests itself in the admirable balance of all the faculties. Madness is the disproportionate straining or excess of any one of them. 
