...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...

...extends' our thought, Ten thousand* thousand' rolling years are naught*. 12. THE ART OF CRITICISM. Tis hard* to say,' if greater' want of skill Appear in...sense*; Some few' in that*, but numbers* err in this'; Ten* censure' wrong', for one' who writes* amiss. A fool* might once himself alone expose ; Now one*...

...will enable me to indicate, and to preserve the general outline of the essay. Premising that — " Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill, Appear in writing or in judging ill." And that— " 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own....

...them, any little progress in clarification here should be welcome. A Review of Five Reviews " "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....

...writing comes from art. not chance, as those move easiest who have learned to dance —Pope) <'tis hard to say, if greater want of skill appear in writing or in judging \))—Pope) Both words are also used concretely with these implications <there's a great art in doing...

...— but his horse. BoLoP; EBEV; NAEL-1; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OPOP; PoEL-3; PPP Essay on Criticism 21 'Tis canst outsleep; Want and woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous (Fr. I) 22 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. (Fr....

..."essay" is a term we associate with prose, and we are not startled when the former poem begins " Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill / Appear in writing or in judging ill" and the latter begins "Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things / To low ambition, and the pride...

...istis, Candidus imperti; si non, his utere mccum. HORACE. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill 1 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,...

...phrase or dependent clause. Here is the first sentence of Alexander Pope's "An 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 th' otfence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. [It is hard to say \vhether...

...it and who established the usage. Plato, 4th century вс, Cratylus (trans. HN Fowler), 384 5:49 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. Alexander Pope, 1711, 'An...