 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 páginas
...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 in writing,...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 páginas
...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 writing...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 400 páginas
...bc. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. •WITH THS COMMENTARY OF WILLIAM WARBURTON, DD Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. COMMENTARY. An Essay] The poem is in one book, but divided into three principal parts or numbers. The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 páginas
...fyc. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. •WITH THE COMMENTARY OF WILLIAM WARBURTON, DD Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. COMMENTARY. An Essay] The poem is in one book, but divided into three principal parts or numbers. The... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...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... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 476 páginas
...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,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1825 - 546 páginas
...been raising up " bubbles light as air," then let me conclude with the words of the poet — " "Hs 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,... | |
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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. 
