...want of skill \ppear in writing, or in judging ill ; lut of the two, less dangerous is the offence *o fate, and with a sigh retired. • f. The peer now...forfex wide, To enclose the lock ; now joins it, to di ; fool might once himself alone expose; Vow one in verse makes many more in prose. Tie with our judgments...

...pretensions of others, are not entirely right, as that those whom they condemn, are entirely wrong — "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." With the benefit of this view,...

...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...

...greater want of skill Appear in writing or In judging 111 ; But, of the two, less dangerous \a the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few In that, but numbers err in this, Ten cenaure wrong for one who writes amiss. Estay on Criticitm. The Grecian drama, until the days of Shakspeare,...

...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...

...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 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...

...thy victory ? 0 Death ! where is thy eting ! AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Written in <*<• year 17W. Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dangerous is the oflence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in tliat, but numbers...

...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...

...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...

...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...