 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 str.
...Conclujion. . . .1 ft AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. 5>-|-Ms hard to fay, if greater want of fkill •*• Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But, of the two, lefs dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than miflead our fenfe. Some NOTES. An EJJay] For a... | |
 | John Walker - 1799 - 438 str.
...the intermediate member no lefs than the latter. EXAMPLE. 'Tis hard to fay if greater want of flull Appear in writing or in judging ill : But of the two lefs dangerous is th' offence, To tire our patience than miilead our fenfe ; Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 str.
...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... | |
 | 1809 - 572 str.
...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:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 str.
...Boileau, v. 714. Lord Roscommon, Sec. v. 725. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. PART I. '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... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 692 str.
...Pope, which are ftriftly conformable to hiitory and tad. " Tis hard to fay, if greater want si toll Appear in writing or in judging ill — But of the two, lefs dangerous i$ the offence, To tire our patience, than miflcad our fenfe ; Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | James Macpherson, Archibald M'Donald - 1805 - 308 str.
...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,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 str.
...where is thy Sting ! § g. An Effay on Criticifm. Pope. 'Tis hard to fay, if greater want of (kill Appear in writing, or in judging ill; But, of the two, lefs dang'rous is th* offence To tire our patience, than miflead our fenfe. Some few in that, but numbers... | |
 | 1806 - 408 str.
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 558 str.
...Rofcommon, &c. ver. 725. Conclufion, AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. J Tp is hard to fay, if greater want of fkill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But, of the two, lefs dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than miflead our fenfe. Some COMMENTARY. An Effay~\... | |
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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; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss... 
