 | Horace - 1812 - 198 páginas
...SOBRE A CRITICA. POR A. POPE. \ AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. BY ALEXANDER POPE. 'Tis hard to say if gi eater 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... | |
 | George Fulton - 1814 - 452 páginas
...more distinct, and does not at all hurt the harmony of the verse : as in the following sentences; 1 . 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear...writing, or in judging ill : But of the two, less dang'rous is tb' offence To tinj our patience, than mislead our sense. 2. Say what the use — were... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 358 páginas
...This appears almost incredible without giving the instances, and not less so when they are given." But of the two, less dangerous is the offence, To tire our patience than mislead our sense." — lines 3, 4. " In search of wit these lose their common sense, And then turn critics in their own... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 páginas
...hy the ancients, ver. 140 to 180. Reverence duo to the ancients, and praise of them. ver. 181. &e. "Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear...judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is the oifence To tire oor patience, than mislead oor sense. Some few in that, hut nomhers err in this; Ten... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 páginas
...abodes, > Abhorr'd by men, and dreadful even to gods. Pope's Homer's Iliad. 40. — The Art of Criticism. Tis hard' to say, if greater' want of skill Appear...in writing', or in judging' ill ; But, of the two, Jess' dang'rous is th' offence To tire' our patience', than mislead' our sense' : Some few' in that',... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 páginas
...Vida, 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 or 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... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 páginas
...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...writing, or in judging ill : But of the two, less dang'rous is th* offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Pofe. Him the Almighty Power... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 páginas
...Vida, 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
...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 pow'r... | |
 | 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;...peals of thunder shook the firmament. Henceforth th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this.... | |
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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. 
