...imagery. The matter is sense, but the form is wit. Thus the lines in Pope— " Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike; yet each believes his own—" are witty rather than poetical; because the truth they convey is a mere dry observation on human life,...

...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*. In poets*, as true genius' is but rare, True taste' as seldom is the criticV share ; Both* must alike...

...be given, Where one short anguish is the price of heaven. Our Judgment. 2. 'Tis with our judgment, as our watches ; none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. Kindness. 3. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles, springs...

...we have already quoted, very justly observes, in his " Essay on Criticism:" " Tis with our judgment as our watches; none Go just alike, yet each believes his own." So every one feels at liberty to express his opinion, without reference to its agreeing or differing...

...show you what I can do. — Tucher's Light of Nature. DCCVIII. Judgments.— It is with our judgments as our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes his own. — Pope. Luxuiij.—Vfhea I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that...

...a' that." " True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shined upon." " 'Tie with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike ; yet each believes his own " Or this, from the teeming pen of Shakspeare : — " A woman moved is like a fountain troubled. Muddy,...

...say. There are some of them fast, some of them slow, like men's minds — * 'T is with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike , yet each believes his own/ Can you give me any notion how much your cuckoo clock was usually before the church clock? It differed,...

...and punishment to crime. Business sweetens pleasure, as labor sweetens rest. 'T is with our judgments as our watches ; none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. Many persons mistake the love for the practice of virtue. A friend exaggerates a man's virtues ; an...

...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. 10 In Poets as true Genius is but rare, True Taste as seldom is the Critic's share ; COMMENTARY. mischief...

...stable, as the only means of safety, for themselves and our country. OPINION. 'Tis with our judgments as our watches — none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. — Pope. IF Pope wrote truly of the people at the time he penned the above lines, they were composed...