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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... "
The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Poets ... - Page 147
by Giles Jacob - 1723 - 360 pages
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Poetical Miscellanies: Consisting of Original Poems and Translations

English poetry - 1714 - 528 pages
...Fires my 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...
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The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...*"" * *"\"* * '' AN ESS AY ON CRITICISM. • * ' ~>t •""MS hard to fay, if greater want of skill 1 Appear in writing or in judging ill; But, of the two, lefs dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than miilead our fenfe. Some few in that, but numbers...
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The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the ..., Volume 2

Giles Jacob - Dramatists, English - 1720 - 418 pages
...Metaphors, and Observations on Poetry and Criticifm : It begins with thefe LineĞ 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 Senfeğ - Stme few in that, but...
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Miscellaneous Poems and Translations, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1722 - 294 pages
...Ji nan, hit Mere mecum. HORAT. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. ,fTr^ IS hard to fay, if greater want of flull Appear in writing or in judging ill; But, of the two, lefs dang'rous is th' ofTo tire our patience, than miflead our fenfe. ; Some few in that, but numbers err...
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Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library of Literary Arts and ...

Benjamin Martin - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1737 - 720 pages
...THE 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...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...Conclufon. ..• • •--. . ;AN •II.' AN ESSAY o N CRITICISM. S hard to fay, if greater want of fkill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But, of the two, lefs dang'rous is th' offeace To tire our patience, than miflead our fenfe. Some few in that, but numbers...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...etc. v. 725. Conclufan. AN AN ESSAY o N CRITICISM. > 'TH IS hard to fay, if greater want of fkill JL 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...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 pages
...Rofcommon, f/f. ^ 725. Conclufion. ( '39 ) 'AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM, 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. CpMMENTARY. An Effay.] The Poem...
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Poems on Several Occasions

Christopher Smart - English poetry - 1752 - 264 pages
...rerum novitatem. LUCRET, 34 AN ESSAY on CRITICIS M. ^TTMS hard to fay, if greater want of Ikill J_ 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 riumbdrs...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...Erafmus, ^ 693. Vida, #705. iu, ;f 714. Lord Rofcommon, etc. f 725. [933 AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. -I 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...
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