 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; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis with our judgments as our watches,...  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 227by Alexander Pope - 1822 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Stuart Sherman - Antiques & Collectibles - 1996 - 352 pages
...couplet published two weeks after Gay's "Letter," found the two procedures close enough for simile. Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.4 Pope here echoes a comparison used by Suckling in the epilogue to his play Aglaura (1638): But... | |
 | William Bowman Piper - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 212 pages
...has indicated in the reference to pharmacy. Near the beginning of the poem comes this observation, "'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none / Go just alike, yet each believes his own," an extremely subtle exercise in social ingratiation. Every one of us but a certain one — a certain... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...mislead our sense. 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...rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share; Both must alike from Heaven derive their light, These born to judge, as well as those to write. Let... | |
 | Merriam-Webster, Inc - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 454 pages
...around them. A space is usually inserted before and after the slash. Alexander Pope once observed: " 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none / Go just alike, yet each believes his own." 2 Capitals and Italics Beginnings 36 Proper Nouns and Adjectives 38 Other Styling Conventions 54 Words... | |
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