 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...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, 5 Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...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 err in this; Ten censure wrong, for one who writes amis*. In this passage, every word in Italics may be said to be emphatical ; as every one of these... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...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, 5 Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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...numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writer amiss; A fool might once himself alone expese, Now one in verso makes many more in prose. 'Tis... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...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 : Some few in that, hut numhers err in this, Tea censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A foot might once himself alone... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...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 err in this, • 5 Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss; A fool might once himself... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...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...err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amisi ; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 11s with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...ill ; But of the two, less dangerous is the' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense j Some few 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 many more in prose. 'Tin with our... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...licences, and the use of them by the ancients.— Rererence due to the ancients, and praise of them. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss j A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis with our... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...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...this, Ten censure wrong, for one who writes amiss. A fool might once himself atone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis with our judgments... | |
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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... 
