 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - 154 pages
...Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. 8. '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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...not Pom-pey' 1 And do you now strew flowers in Aw way Who comes in triumph over Pompey's blood'? 'Tis hard to say', if greater want of skill' Appear in wri-ting', or injudg-iug', ill*: But, of the two', less dangerous is the offence' To tire our po-tience', than mis-lead... | |
 | 206 pages
...they have not merely taught the poet to mend his line — they teach the critic also his duty. 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... | |
 | Martyn Paine - 1841 - 104 pages
...connection, will show in itself the temper of mind under which the entire review was written. " 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill." The British and Foreign Medical Review, and the Medico-Chirurgical Review, having thus put forth comprehensive... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1843 - 236 pages
...syllable standing by itself, and coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a single rhyme. 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 the patience than mislead the sense. Some few in that, but thousands... | |
 | Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843 - 236 pages
...coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a single rhyme. 'Tis hard to say if greater want ot skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But, of the two, less dangerous is the offence To tire the patience than mislead the sense. Some few in that, but thousands... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 344 pages
...da Moral do Critico, que consiste na candura, modéstia, e boa edncacilo. POK ALEXANDER POPE. I. lis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who wites amiss; A fool might once bimself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...4. What was the result of this gallant action ? LESSON CCXIV.—AUGUST THE SECOND. 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 numbers... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...thousand* thousand' rolling years are naught*. THE AMERICAN SPEAKER. 12. 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... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1846 - 816 pages
...perfectly gratuitous. Travels, unless notoriously ill-written, can hardly fail to be interesting. ' '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 !' Mr. Hill reads Pope ; at... | |
| |
Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose. 
