 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 ページ
...abodes, > Abhorr'd 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, Jess' dang'rous is th' offence To tire' our patience', than mislead' our sense' : Some few' in that',... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 ページ
...succeeding syllable, so as not to increase the number of syllables to the ear, or at all to hurt the melody. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Pofe. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 ページ
...Vida, ver. 70,5. Boileau, ver. 714. Lord Roscommon, Sfc. ver. 725. Conclusion. Air ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in...in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dang'rous is the offence To tire our patience, than rnislead our sense. NOTES. An Essay] For a person of only twenty... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 ページ
...Vida, ver. 705. Boileau, ver. 714. Lord Roscommon, #c. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; c But, of the two, less dang'rous is the offence -£•. " *-••%v To tire our patience, than... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 ページ
...contrast 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 ページ
...Criticism, and its Revival, Erasmus, ver. 693. Vida, ver. 705. Boileau, ver. 714. Lord Roscommon, iSv. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. •WITH...one book, but divided into three principal parts or nvimbers. The first [to ver. 201.] gives rules for the Study of the Art of Criticism : the second [from... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 ページ
...unlamented let me die. Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. ESSAY ON CRITICISM. 'Tie ound. He said, th' Almighty nodding gave consent; And peals of thunder shook the firmament. Hen dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 ページ
...ARBUTHNOT. FUTil.TSKED JAN". 1 .18J.'»; EY JO I IN SHARrE,LONDOY . 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... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 476 ページ
...only_ 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 servant,... | |
 | 1825 - 484 ページ
...been raising up " bubbles li^ht as air," then let me conclude with the words of the poet — " "fls hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dangerons is th* offence, To tire our patience than mislead our sense." I am, Sir, Your humble servant,... | |
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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. 
