 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...  Rudiments of English Composition - Page 56by Alexander Reid - 1854 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...them by the ancients ver. HO to 180. Reverence due to the ancients, anf praise of them, ver. 1S1, fyc. — Live iu peace— Adieu. ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION OF MRS. HOWE. WHAT Is prudery? Tis lese dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our een>p. Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | Elocution - 1826 - 82 pages
...antithesis, the opposite parts of which are always emphatical. Thus in the following couplet from Pope : v "Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill. „ The words writing and judging are opposed to each other, and are therefore the emphatical words... | |
 | Hunting - 1827 - 558 pages
...obtain his pedigree by our next Number. 266 REPLY TO " A LOVER OF THE TRIGGER'S" SECOND LETTER. " 'Tie hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing...in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dangerous is th' of. fence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this,... | |
 | 1829 - 642 pages
...error as that to which Pope alludes, with his usual precision, in these lines;— " "Tis hard to cay, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in...dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than rnUlead our sense.** It is now well known that our JOGRHAL enjoys the contributions of many of the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 514 pages
...error as that to which Pope alludes, with his usual precision, in these lines ;— " 'Tis hard to cay, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill i But of the two, less dangerous is the offence Tu tiic our patience, than muu«.! our sense." It is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...ancients, ver. 140 to 180. Reverence due to the ancients, and praise of them, ver. 181, ¿tc. 'Tía kindness, is not therefore kind : 110 Perhaps prosperity becalm'd his breast, wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many... | |
 | Edward Clarkson - English poetry - 1830 - 202 pages
...discriminating taste, as the higher poetry is of creative genius, and of which Pope justly says — Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in...offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense — should have fallen latterly into disrepute. One of the results is, that criticism is often wrongfully... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...abodes, Abhorred 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 that', but numbers' err in this' ; Ten' censure' wrong, for one' who writes' amiss. A fool' might once himself' alone expose ; Now one' in verse' makes... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...and there can be no difficulty in discovering them, — as in the following couplet from Pope: — 'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill. But when the word or words in opposition arc not expressed, reliance is placed upon the understanding to... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...thy own Messiah reigns ! ~NO. 152. CRITICISM. BY POPE. Drills hard to say if greater want of skill JL Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is th' orfence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some tew in that, but numoers err in this... | |
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