 | Edward Clarkson - 1830 - 202 pages
...discriminating taste, as the higher poetry is of creative genius, and of which Pope justly says — 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 — should have fallen latterly... | |
 | Edward Clarkson - 1830 - 212 pages
...discriminating taste, as the higher poetry is of creative genius, and of which Pope justly says— 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— should have fallen latterly... | |
 | B. S. Nayler - 1830 - 258 pages
...experience, , Extracts , From an Essay on Criticism, Canto I, 'Tis hard to say if greater want of still ' 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...abodes, Abhorred 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, less' dangerous is the offence To tire' our patience', than mislead' our sense': Some few' in that', but... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...there can be no difficulty in discovering them, — as in the following couplet from Pope: — 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill. But when the word or words in opposition arc not expressed, reliance is placed upon the understanding to... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 316 pages
...there can be no difficulty in discovering them, — as in the following couplet from Pope: — Tin hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill But when the word or words in opposition are not expressed, reliance is placed upon the under?' " - »«... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...thy own Messiah reigns ! ~NO. 152. CRITICISM. BY POPE. Drills hard to say if greater want of skill JL Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is th' orfence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some tew in that, but numoers... | |
 | George Fulton - 1833 - 592 pages
...distinct, and does not at all bun the harmony of the verse ; as in the following •entencee : !• Tie hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill : üut of the two, less dang'rous is f/i" offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. 2.... | |
 | 1834 - 340 pages
...clothes, Though pinch'd with cold, asks never. — Kate is craz'd. Qncper. CRITICS. Few judge right. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing,...or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dang'rous ia th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our Sense. CURATE. 81 Some few in that, but, numbers... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...not Pom-pey'? And do you now strew flowers in his way Who comes in triumph over Pompey's blood'? Tis hard to say', if greater want of skill' Appear in...wri-ting', or in judg'-ing', ill*: But, of the two ' , less dangerous is the offence' To tire our jw-tience', than mis-lead our sense ' ; Some few in that', but... | |
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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. 
