 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1829 - 844 pages
...— the worst harm they can do is to burthen the memory with what is unintelligible, and certainly -Less dang'rous is th' offence, To tire our patience than mislead our sense." But when we have a foreign name for a distinct species, the use of it is decidedly preferable. Now... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edward Clarkson - 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 writing, or in judging ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense — should have fallen latterly... | |
 | 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, dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Moses Severance - 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 - 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... | |
 | 1834 - 1012 pages
...reflect, before they speak, and not betray their ignorance and folly I As Pope has rightly remarked— "'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing, than in judging ill; But certain 'tis, less dangerous is tli' offence To tire the patience, than mislead... | |
 | Peter Buchan - 1834 - 134 pages
...own stupidity, whim, and caprice, than any ignorance or defect of the author. " "1'is hard tii SitV, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; i But, of the two, less cUng'rous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense. Some... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...693. Vida, ver. 705. Boileau, ver. 714. Lord Roscommon, &c. ver. 725. Conclusion. ESSAY ON CRITICISM. 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear...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... | |
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Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose. 'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. 
