 | 1838 - 870 ページ
...with all the god-head in his mind ; He whom I/ef/, but want the power to paint. Giffnrd'i Juvenal, '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 lire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in thai, but numbers... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 ページ
...It is not SodifBcult to talk well, as to live well. Prosperity gains friends, adversity tries them. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill. Angela ! and ministers of grace, — defend us. I come to bury Cseear, not to praise him. A METHOD... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - 154 ページ
...ear, 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...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 ページ
...is thy victory ? 0 Death ! where is thy eting ! AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Written in <*<• year 17W. low. But 'tis not ours, with forces not our own To combat dangerous is the oflence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in tliat, but numbers... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 ページ
...ye 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 ページ
...author, 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... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1843 - 236 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 ページ
...consist of? 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 ページ
...Ten thousand* thousand' rolling years are naught*. THE AMERICAN SPEAKER. 12. THE ART OF CRITICISM. 'Tis hard* to say, if greater' want of skill Appear...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... | |
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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. 
