 | Peter Buchan - 1834 - 134 pàgines
...own stupidity, whim, and caprice, than any ignorance or defect of the author. " "1'is hard tii SitV, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; i But, of the two, less cUng'rous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense. Some... | |
 | 1834 - 1012 pàgines
...reflect, before they speak, and not betray their ignorance and folly I As Pope has rightly remarked— "'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, than in judging ill; But certain 'tis, less dangerous is tli' offence To tire the patience, than mislead... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pàgines
...It is 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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pàgines
...ye 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pàgines
...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.... | |
 | J. Goodall, W. Hammond - 1848 - 390 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pàgines
...increasing the number of syllables to the ear, or sensibly affecting the harmony of the verse. EXAMPLES. 1. *Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But of the two less darufnus is tK offence, To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. 2. Say what the use, were finer... | |
 | 1852 - 510 pàgines
...and it mattered little whether he were content or not." Macaulay's Essays, V, 173. Tauchn. Ed. — 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill appear in writing or in judging ill." Pope's Essay on Critic. 1. — „Can you tell me whether one Launcelot that dwells with him, dwell... | |
 | 1852 - 978 pàgines
...mcnt of human nature." CW, Jnn. AFFIRMATIVE REPLY. "All orB KNOWLEDGE IS, OCRSELVES TO «OW." "Tabard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging iN I Bat, of the two, less dangerous is the offence To ttre our patience, than mislead our sense."... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1854 - 154 pàgines
...ear, 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 5 But, of the two, less dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense ; , Some... | |
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