 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...are expressed, the emphatic words become very obvious ; as in the following passage from Pope : 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill : But of the two, less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our seme ; Somefevi in that, but numbers... | |
 | 1828 - 622 pages
...what Metastasio or Mozart set down. To such a farrago I can only answer in the words of Pope, 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill. The Chronicle comes next, and after admitting that the opera " did not go off with great éclat," imputes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...fyc. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. •WITH THE COMMENTARY OF WILLIAM WARBURTON, DD Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. COMMENTARY. An Essay] The poem is in one book, but divided into three principal parts or numbers. The... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...fyc. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. WITH THE COMMENTARY OF WILLIAM WARBURTON, DD 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. COMMENTARY. An Essay] The poem is in one book, but divided into three principal parts or numbers. The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 428 pages
...Roscommon, AT. ver. 726. Conclusion. AM ESSAY ON CRITICISM. WITH THE COMMENTARY OF WILLIAM WARBURTON, DD Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. COMMENTARY. An Essay] The poem is in one book, but divided into three principal parts or numbers. The... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...unlamented let me die. Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. ESSAY ON CRITICISM. 'Tie sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Like m dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | 1825 - 546 pages
...been raising up " bubbles light as air," then let me conclude with the words of the poet — " 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dangerous is th' offence, To tire our patience than mislead our sense." I am, Sir, Your humble nervant,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. ESSAY ON CRITICISM. 'Tts hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But of the two, less dangerous is th' ofienee To tire our patienee, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 476 pages
...been raising up " bubbles light as air," then let me conclude with the words of the poet — " "ïïs hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dangerous is th' offence, To tire our patience than mislead our sense." I am, Sir, Your humble servant,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...raike her more belov-d : JAHM.lBJ5;BVr JOItN SHARP.E.LONIXli" . POPE. ESSAY ON CRITICISM. PART I. 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But of the two less dangerous is the offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers... | |
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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. 
