 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 ページ
...quoddam Natura intevcrit oliro : Ilia diem certe d,,),:,.., ,i;<r,,.~fe_ ».iu» AX Ess.tr oy CRITICISM, 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this. Ten censure wrong, for one who writes amiss* A fool might... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 ページ
...it's revival. Erasmus, v. 693. Vida, v. 705. Boileau, v. 714. Lord Boscommon, &c. T. 725. Conclusion. Tis hard to say if greater want of skill appear in...offence to tire our patience than mislead our sense: some few in that, but numbers err in this, wrong for one who writes amiss ; : once himself alone expose... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 466 ページ
...as that of oratory. Pope has very justly represented this contagion of judgments without reflection. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear...in writing, or in judging ill ; But of the two less heinous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense „ Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 ページ
...antithesis, 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 other, and are therefore the emphatical words : where... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 ページ
...vcr. 714. Lord Roscommon, &c. vcr. 725. Conclusion. ESSAY (XV CRITIC I W. Til hard to say, if greatrr want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two, k-ss dangerous is th' offence. to tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Sonic fc.w in that, but... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 ページ
...Ij.'i'J Uoscoinmon, &c, ver. 725. Conclusion. ESSAY OV CRITICISM. l\s hard to say, if greater want nf skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is th* oflenee To tire o»r patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 ページ
...705. Boileau, ver. 714. /.•.•/,/ Rotcommon, Isfj, ver. 725. Ctnclusien. AM ES SAY ON CRITICISM. hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, ^ Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might... | |
 | Horace - 1812 - 198 ページ
...SOBRE A CRITICA. POR A. POPE. \ AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. BY ALEXANDER POPE. 'Tis hard to say if gi eater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill...offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this, 5 Ten censure wrong for one w ho writes amiss ; A fool... | |
 | George Fulton - 1814 - 452 ページ
...more 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 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 ページ
...hy the ancients, ver. 140 to 180. Reverence duo to the ancients, and praise of them. ver. 181. &e. "Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear...writing, or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is the oifence To tire oor patience, than mislead oor sense. Some few in that, hut nomhers... | |
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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. 'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. 
