...macula, without spot or blemish. We must, therefore, be consoled with the declaration of Pope— " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, " Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er will be," trusting, that when compared with our fellows, we shall not be found last or least. We have...

...comes united to the admiring eyes ; No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear ; The whole at once is bold and regular. Whoever thinks a faultless...Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means...

...comes united to th' admiring eyes ; 290 No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear; The whole at once is bold, and regular. Whoever thinks a faultless...Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means...

...this would not latisfy his indiscreet friends, I remember one of my copies, when a child, was this : ' Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be/ On my honour I believe that, if his Lordship had it in his power, he would put an extinguisher on his...

...about To take asunder, oft destroys (we know) What all together made a pretty show. « Things, tic.] " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, " Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Pope's Essay on Criticism, L. 252. EDITION. The Goblins ; a Comedy. Presented at the Private House,...

...this would not satisfy his indiscreet friends. I remember one of my copies, when a child, was this : ' Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is. nor e'er shall be.' On my honour I believe that, if hjs Lordsliip had it in his power, he would put an extinguisher on...

...but, in regard to the profession of printing, more, perhaps, than any other, we may say with Pope— Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Fewer mistakes would be made, were authors to endeavour to render their copy more legible, before they...

...* » -' f MISCELLANEOUS » '' •* tv MRS. ELIZA MUBD!N. " In every work, regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend, And...true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due." Essay on Criticism. .TL While she offers to her friends and to -the public tint little Volume, the...

...work regard the Since none can compass m piece to see, r is, nor e'er shall he. vriter's end, »rc than they intend ; And if the means be just, the conduct...true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. But there is likewise a third character which no doubt will give the book at least one reading, viz....

...have been pointed Out in this author, but in no human performance can we expect to find perfection. " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." We do not for certainty know of any edifice in which * Vitruvius, lib. i. cap. 1. pref. lib. vi. Vitruvius...