 | Rufus Claggett - 1855
...both 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... | |
 | Emil Kade - 1856 - 257 pągines
...the false, and value still the true. P. — Whether all this be true, I have some doubt. Johnson. — 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill appear in writing or in judging ill. P. — It must depend upon thyself, whether thou remain here a king or a captive. I. — It mattered... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 412 pągines
...the golden fruit to gather free, And lent the crowd his arm to shake the tree. DRYDEN. 38. THE ART OF CRITICISM. 'Tis hard* to say, if greater' want of skill Appear in writing7, or hi judging* ill ; But, of the two, less' dangerous is the offence To tire* our patience',... | |
 | 1858
...although far superior to it, is, we think, a little too discursive. True are the lines of Pope, — " "Hs hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill." And we feel this the more as we remember that in some few respects it really is difficult to decide... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1859 - 367 pągines
...that incommunicable gift which we call Genius; and yet Pope, in his Essay on Criticism, has said : — Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; ***** Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss. And... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1860 - 442 pągines
...increase. § 227. Single Rhymes.—An accented syllable standing by itself, constitutes a single rhyme. ' Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill. § 228. Double Rhymes.—--An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one, constitutes a double... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1860 - 230 pągines
...syllable standing by itself, and coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a single rhyme. 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill. — POPE. § 262. Double Rhymes.- — An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one, and coming... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1861
...woes. 88. For him through hostile camps I hent my way ; For him, thus prostrate at thy feet I lay. 39. 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill. 40. Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who hreaks a hutterfly upon a wheel. 41. Thus, oft hy... | |
 | J Blackburne Kane - 1863 - 224 pągines
...hope acts as a healthful tonic ; intemperately indulged, as an enervating opiate." — STEPHENS. " "Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill." — POPE. "I KNOW that; but, Lilly dear, how can we meet the bills that I promised to pay on the fifth... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863
...which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. BUCEINGHAM. — Essay on Poetry. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill. POPE. — On Crnicism, Line 1. Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss. POPE — Ibid. Line 8. Both... | |
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