In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, T... La Belle Assemblée - Page 161808Full view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...[from ver. 252 to 263], that to fix our censure on single In ev'ry work regard the writer's End, 255 Since none can compass more than they intend ; And...of wit, T' avoid great errors, must the less commit : 260 Neglect the rules each verbal Critic lays, For not to know some trifles, is a praise. Most Critics,... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1822 - 26 pages
...faultless piece to see Thinks what neer was nor is nor eer shall be In every work regard the writers end Since none can compass more than they intend And...men of breeding sometimes men of wit T avoid great crimes must the less commit Neglect the rules each verbal critic says For not to know some trifles... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...admiring eyes ; No monstrous height, or breadth, or length, appear; The whole at once is bold and regular. And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause,...is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, To' avoid great errors must the less commit; Neglect the rules each verbal critic lays, Vor not to... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...252 to 263], that to fix our censure on single f \i , In ev'ry work regard the writer's End, 255 j. Since none can compass more than they intend ; -* And if the means be just, the conduct true, i*1' Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, T" avoid... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In ev'ry work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass...true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. " Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue; But like a shadow, proves the substance true ; For envy'd... | |
| Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - 1823 - 438 pages
...by his readers. Pope's precept is particularly applicable to works of this nature : — " In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend." The solution of a geometrical problem depends on principles immutable in their own nature ; and when... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...truly, " The Whole at once is bold and regular." fVarburton. In ev'ry work regard the writer's End, 255 Since none can compass more than they intend ; And...of wit, T" avoid great errors, must the less commit : 260 Neglect the rules each verbal Critic lays, For not to know some trifles, is a praise. Most Critics,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...truly, " The Whole at once is bold and regular." Warburton. In ev'ry work regard the writer's End, 255 Since none can compass more than they intend ; And...of wit, T' avoid great errors, must the less commit : 260 Neglect the rules each verbal Critic lays, For not to know some trifles, is a praise. Most Critics,... | |
| Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...cedent in the epopee. It would be an evident injustice to decide upon its merits as an epic. " In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend." And what he intended, Milton has completely compassed. It is perfect in itself,—why should it be made... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass...is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, To avoid great errors must the less commit ; Neglect the rules each verbal critic lays, For not to... | |
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