 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...them, by the ancients, t'. 141—180. Reverence due to tin ancients, and praise of them, c. 181, &c. 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: Some few in that, hut numhers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...licences, and the use of them hy tbe ancient!.— Reverence due to the ancients, and praise of them. s hard to say if greater want of skill "- Appear in writing or in jndging ill; But of the two less dangerous is the' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...licences, and the use or them by the ancients. — Reverence due to the aucients, and praise of them. '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 j Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...licences, and the use of them by the ancients.— Reverence due to tke ancients, aad praise of them. '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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...by the ancients, ver. 140 to 180. Reverence due to the ancientS| and praise of them, ver. 181, &c. TIS hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in jndging ill; But of the two, less dangerous is tu* offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...thy Victory) O Death I where is thy Sting ! Pope§ 9. An Essay on Criticism. Popev 'Tis hard to sav, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less daug'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in thai, but numbers... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - United States - 1809 - 428 pages
...introduction to the Essay on Criticism, may very fairly be applied to the w riter of that communication : ' 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; For of the two, less dangerous isth' offence, To tire our patience than mislead our sense' I confess... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...introduction to the Essay on Criticism, may very fairly be applied to the writer of that communication : ' 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; For of the two, less dang'rous isth' offence, To tire our patience than mislead our seme' I confess... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...converse; a soul exempt from pride; And love to praise, with reason on his side ? POPE. Criticism. Tis hard to say if •greater want of skill Appear...in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...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...in judging ill ; but of the two less dang'rous is th' offence to tire our patience than mislead our sense: some few in that, but numbers err in this,... | |
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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... 
