 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...consist of? 4. What was the result of this gallant action ? LESSON CCXIV.—AUGUST THE SECOND. Criticism. 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in...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 err in this,... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...Ten thousand* thousand' rolling years are naught*. THE AMERICAN SPEAKER. 12. THE ART OF CRITICISM. 'Tis hard* to say, if greater' want of skill Appear...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* err... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 pages
...use of them by the ancients, ver. 140 to 180. Reverence due to the ancients, and praise of them, ver. 181, &c. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill...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 err in this... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...Roscommon, &c. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. WITH THE COMMENTARY OP WILLIAM WARBURTON, DD 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; COMMENTARY. An Essay] The poem is in one book, but divided into three principal parts or numbers.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...the ancients, ver M0 to :80. Reverence due to the ancients, and praise of them, ver. 181. &c. "Trs hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing,...in judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, hut numhers err in this;... | |
 | Dyer Hook Sanborn - English language - 1848 - 300 pages
...Something whose truth convinced at sight we find That gives us back the image of our mind Pope JTis 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 err in this Ten... | |
 | J. Goodall, W. Hammond - 1848 - 390 pages
...5 with pairs of rhymes. This is the common metre for didactic, narrative, and descriptive poetry. " 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill." Essay on Criticism.—Pope. Chaucer, Denham, Dryden, Waller, Cowper, Goldsmith, Byron, Moore, Shelley,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...sting 1 AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1709, WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS ONLY TWENTY YEARS OLD. I. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear...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 err in this,... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - Chartism - 1850 - 488 pages
...MARCH 2, 1830. [Prias One Рему. TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THE WORKING CLASSES. LETTER III. NEW SERIES. " Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in...patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - Chartism - 1850 - 492 pages
...185«. [Prie« One Решу. TO THE YOUNG MEN OP THE WORKING CLASSES. LETTER III. NEW SERIES. " "Tie hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing...patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone... | |
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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... 
