...extends' our thought, Ten thousand* thousand' rolling years are naught*. 12. THE ART OF 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...

...parts of this opposition or contrast are expressed, then emphatic words become very obvious, as, "Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in WRITING or in JUDGING ill. But when but one part of the opposition or contrast is expressed, and the other i> Co be supplied by the...

...193. BOSTON : Printed and Sold by ROGERS and FOWLE in Queen-ftreet. 1748. 354 A Word in Season, &c. " Some few in that, but Numbers err in this, " Ten censure wrong, for one who writes amiss ; " Careless of Censure — nor too fond of Fame ; " Still pleas' d to praise, yet not afraid to blame...

...will enable me to indicate, and to preserve the general outline of the essay. Premising that — " Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill, Appear in writing or in judging ill." And that— " 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own....

...them, any little progress in clarification here should be welcome. A Review of Five Reviews " "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, but numbers...

...writing comes from art. not chance, as those move easiest who have learned to dance —Pope) <'tis hard to say, if greater want of skill appear in writing or in judging \))—Pope) Both words are also used concretely with these implications <there's a great art in doing...

...— but his horse. BoLoP; EBEV; NAEL-1; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OPOP; PoEL-3; PPP Essay on Criticism 21 'Tis canst outsleep; Want and woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous (Fr. I) 22 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. (Fr....

...istis, Candidus imperti; si non, his utere mccum. HORACE. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill 1 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, but numbers...

...phrase or dependent clause. Here is the first sentence of Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism": 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...judging ill; But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' otfence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. [It is hard to say \vhether greater lack of skill...

...it and who established the usage. Plato, 4th century вс, Cratylus (trans. HN Fowler), 384 5:49 Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill / Appear in...offence / To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Alexander Pope, 1711, 'An Essay on Criticism', i 5:50 Any general statement is like a cheque drawn...