 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 ページ
...the right pl:u e. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines, Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | 1803 - 412 ページ
...right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines : ' Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ;• He who would search for pearls, must dive below.' A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 ページ
...the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 ページ
...the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in, these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 ページ
...those find fault whose wit's so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all ; Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must'dive below. Fops may hare leave to level all they can ; As pigmies would be glad to lop a man.... | |
 | 1811 - 718 ページ
...those find fault whose wit s so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all: Errors Which my soul ever framed, or my hand acted, But I could well have bid the world lo , Fops »my have leave to level all they can, As pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half wits are... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 712 ページ
...those find fault whose wit s so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all: Errors like straws upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below Fops may have leave to level all they can, As pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half wits are fleas... | |
 | 1819 - 308 ページ
...the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 354 ページ
...the right place. This Mr. Drjden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 ページ
...the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellences than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
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Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. 
