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" that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed," they certainly never attained nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts, and were careless of their diction. But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly... "
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Pagina 3
1780
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Specimens of Modern English Literary Criticism

William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 pagina’s
...they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. If wit be well described by Pope, as being "that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed," they certainly never attained, nor ever sought it; for they endeavoured to be singular...
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Specimens of Modern English Literary Criticism

William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 pagina’s
...they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. If wit be well described by Pope, as being "that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed," they certainly never attained, nor ever sought it; for they endeavoured to be singular...
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English Prose: Eighteenth century

Sir Henry Craik - 1911 - 664 pagina’s
...they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. If wit be well described by Pope, as being " that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed," they certainly never attained nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular...
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Contemporary Criticisms of Dr. Samuel Johnson, His Works, and His Biographers

John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pagina’s
...fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. " If Wit be well described by Pope, as being ' that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed,' they certainly never attained, nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be...
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Studies in Philology, Volume 22

1925 - 610 pagina’s
...intellect. Tht/se however who deny them to be poets allow them to be wits. . . . IfWit be well described by Pope as being 'that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed,' they certainly never attained nor ever sought it, for they endeavoured to be singular...
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William Empson: The Critical Achievement

Christopher Norris, Nigel Mapp - 1993 - 344 pagina’s
...distinguish between the word's various uses. In the Life ofCowley, Johnson writes: If Wit be well described by Pope, as being 'that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed', they certainly never attained, nor even sought it; for they endeavoured to be singular...
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John Donne e a crítica brasileira: três momentos, três olhares

José Garcez Ghirardi - 2000 - 154 pagina’s
...verbais e soluções linguísticas incompatíveis com a linguagem poética: "If wit be well described by Pope as being 'that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed', they certainly never attained nor ever sought it, for they endeavoured to be singular...
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