 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. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong, for one who writes...  The Rape of the Lock: And Other Poems - Side 29av Alexander Pope - 1906 - 157 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1714 - 528 sider
...Soul ftie warms, S With Balm upon her Lips, and Raptures in her Arms. S Codvington. "is hard to fay, if greater Want of Skill Appear in writing, or in judging, ill : wit, of the twc, lefs dang'rpus is th' Offence, To tire our Patience, than miHead our Senfe : Some... | |
 | Giles Jacob - 1720 - 418 sider
...Metaphors, and Observations on Poetry and Criticifm : It begins with thefe Line« j *Tit hard to fay, îf greater want of Skill Appear in Writing, or in Judging ill ', But, of the two, left dangrvtu is thy Offener To tire our Patience, than mislead our Senfe» - Stme few in that, but... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1737 - 720 sider
...fame great Perfon begins his Ej/av OK Critidfm with an Obfervation of a like Nature; 'Tis hard to fay if greater want of Skill Appear in writing or in judging ill: But of the two lefs dangerous is th* Offence To tire our Patience than miflead our Senle. Some few in that, but Numbers... | |
 | Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni - 1779 - 566 sider
...sia malagevol cosa l'alf lanciarsi la giornèa d'Aristarco , e con quanta ragione dicesse Pope: 'Tis hard to say , if greater want of skill Appear in writing , or in judging ili . (6o) L'arte precipua dell'ottimo Poeta si è lo svestire della loro severa natura le gravi Scienze,... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 sider
...expressed, the emphatic words become very obvious ; as in the followr jng passage from Pope : '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 QVLT sense; Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | 1809 - 572 sider
...antithesis, the opposite parts of which are always emphatical. Thus in the following couplet from Pope : Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill. The words writing s^A judging are opposed to each other, and are, therefore, the emphatical words:... | |
 | James Macpherson, Archibald M'Donald - 1805 - 308 sider
...genius as to write well. The thought is taken from the first lines of Pope's Essay on Criticism. " "Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill " Appear in writing, or in judging ill; " But of the two, less dangerous is th' oflence " To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. '* Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sider
...minister of state. CHARACTER and DUTY of a true Came. {POPE'S ESSAT ON CRITICISM,} 'Tis hard to nay, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dang'rous u th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 sider
...by the ancients, t'. 141—180. Reverence due to tin ancients, and praise of them, c. 181, &c. 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, hut numhers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 sider
...licences, and the use of them hy tbe ancient!.— Reverence due to the ancients, and praise of them. s hard to say if greater want of skill "- Appear in writing or in jndging ill; But of the two less dangerous is the' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense... | |
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