 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...judging ill; JUit of the two, less dangerous is th' oflence To tire our patience., than mislead onr sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong ft'i" "»*" wno writes amiss; A fool illicit once himself alone. c\pust t Now one in verse makes many... | |
 | Horace - 1812 - 198 pages
...SOBRE A CRITICA. POR A. POPE. \ ESSAY ON CRITICISM. BY ALEXANDER POPE. 'Tis hard to say if gi eater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill...sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this, 5 Ten censure wrong for one w ho writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one" in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 pages
...to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But of the two, less daug'rous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our...sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this, 5 Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose; Now one in verse... | |
 | George Fulton - 1814 - 452 pages
...distinct, and does not at all hurt the harmony of the verse : as in the following sentences; 1 . 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing,...in judging ill : But of the two, less dang'rous is tb' offence To tinj our patience, than mislead our sense. 2. Say what the use — were finer optics... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1818 - 216 pages
...the opposite parts of which are always emphatical, 'thus in the following couplet from. Pope : Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill . Appear in writing, or in judging ill. The words writing and judging are opposed to each .-, and are, therefore, the emphatical words j. vhere... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...Abhorr'd by men, and dreadful even to gods. Pope's Homer's Iliad. 40. — The Art of Criticism. Tis hard' to say, if greater' want of skill Appear in writing', or in judging' ill ; But, of the two, Jess' dang'rous is th' offence To tire' our patience', than mislead' our sense' : Some few' in that',... | |
 | John Borthwick Gilchrist - 1820 - 372 pages
...particular. Let such teach others, who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well. Some few in that, but numbers err in this ; Ten censure wrong, for one who writes amiss. That there are many scholars connected with India who are deterred from studying the most useful and... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...syllable, so as not to increase the number of syllables to the ear, or at all to hurt the melody. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing,...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Pofe. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...Vida, ver. 70.5. Boileau, ver. 714. Lord Roscommon, 4-c. ver. 725. Conclusion. A!f ESSAY CRITICISM. Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dang'rous is the offence To tire our patience, than njislead our sense. NOTES. An Essay] For a person of" only twenty... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...Vida, ver. 705. Boileau, ver. 714. Lord Roscommon, #c. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY CRITICISM. Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dang'rous is the offence ->,- * «*-- To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. f-"< ?. NOTES. An Essay"] For... | |
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Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose. 
