 | English poetry - 1714 - 528 pages
...Soul ftie warms, S With Balm upon her Lips, and Raptures in her Arms. S Codvington. "is hard to fay, if greater Want of Skill Appear in writing, or in judging, ill : wit, of the twc, lefs dang'rpus is th' Offence, To tire our Patience, than miHead our Senfe : Some... | |
 | Giles Jacob - Dramatists, English - 1720 - 418 pages
...Metaphors, and Observations on Poetry and Criticifm : It begins with thefe LineĢ j *Tit hard to fay, îf greater want of Skill Appear in Writing, or in Judging ill ', But, of the two, left dangrvtu is thy Offener To tire our Patience, than mislead our Senfeģ - Stme few in that, but... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1737 - 720 pages
...fame great Perfon begins his Ej/av OK Critidfm with an Obfervation of a like Nature; 'Tis hard to fay if greater want of Skill Appear in writing or in judging ill: But of the two lefs dangerous is th* Offence To tire our Patience than miflead our Senle. Some few in that, but Numbers... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...Vida, v. 705. Boileau, v. 714. Lord Roscommon, &c. v. 725. Conclusion. AN 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 dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense: Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni - 1779 - 566 pages
...quanto sia malagevol cosa l'alf lanciarsi la giornča d'Aristarco , e con quanta ragione dicesse Pope: 'Tis hard to say , if greater want of skill Appear in writing , or in judging ili . (6o) L'arte precipua dell'ottimo Poeta si č lo svestire della loro severa natura le gravi Scienze,... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...succeeding 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, or in judging ill ; ' But of the two, less dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Pope. Him the Almighty Power... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 572 pages
...antithesis, the opposite parts of which are always emphatical. Thus in the following couplet from Pope : Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill. The words writing s^A judging are opposed to each other, and are, therefore, the emphatical words:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...Vida, v.705. Boileau, v. 714. Lord Roscommon, Sec. v. 725. Conclusion. AN 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 dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | James Macpherson, Archibald M'Donald - 1805 - 308 pages
...genius as to write well. The thought is taken from the first lines of Pope's Essay on Criticism. " "Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill " Appear...judging ill; " But of the two, less dangerous is th' oflence " To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. '* Some few in that, but numbers err in this,... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...minister of state. CHARACTER and DUTY of a true Came. {POPE'S ESSAT ON CRITICISM,} 'Tis hard to nay, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dang'rous u th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers... | |
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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 err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss... 
