 Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this ; Ten censure wrong for one who writes...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - الصفحة 199بواسطة Alexander Pope - 1891عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 358
...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...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. Pofe. Him the Almighty Power... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 1062
...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.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...fyc. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. •WITH THE COMMENTARY OF WILLIAM WARBURTON, DD 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. COMMENTARY. An Essay] The poem... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 400
...Sfc. ver. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. WITH THE COMMENTARY OF WILLIAM WARBURTON, DD '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. COMMENTARY. An Essay] The poem... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...the least hurtful, the poet has enabled us to determine in the lines with which he opens his poem. " But of the two, less dangerous is the offence, To tire our patience, than mislead our sense." Warburton. He has too frequently expressed an idle contempt of the Heinsiuses, Burmans, Gronoviuses,... | |
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