 | 1814 - 780 pagini
...subdued. In Bibliography — if in :iuy other pursuit — it may fairly and emphatically be said: •• Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall bef Yours, &c. TF DIBDIN. PS Until pointed out to me by Mr. Roscoe, I was not aware that the article... | |
 | 1814 - 752 pagini
...in any other pursuit — it may fairly and emphatically be said : " Whoever thinks a faultless piuce to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be J." Yotirs, &c. T, F. DIBDIN. PS Until pointed out to me by Mr. Roscoe, I was not aware that the article... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1815 - 918 pagini
...belie the well kuown truth so aptly indicated by Pope, where he says, " Wh«CT«r '• Whoever Ihinki a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." iBut I should be sorry to be compelled to point those faults out, lest I should rather betray my own... | |
 | mrs. Ross - 1818 - 820 pagini
...again speedily. CHAPTER XXIII. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks « L,t ne'er was, nnr is, nor e'er shall be. In every work, regard the writer's...end, Since none can compass more than they intend. Port. To trace Althea's life through the minute events of years would swell our volumes to a size much... | |
 | Mrs. Ross - 1817 - 286 pagini
...of not meeting again speedily. CHAPTER XXIIL Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks \vliat ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In every work, regard the writer's end, Si;ice none can coin puss more than they intend. POPE. To trace Althea's life through the minute events... | |
 | 1845 - 816 pagini
...In like mauner, with the fairest of her danghters, Eve. As Pope says, " Whoever thinks a fanltless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Pious old gentlemen, however, pronounced her perfect, merely becanse they gazed on the image of the... | |
 | Benjamin Starkey - 1818 - 42 pagini
...your patience and candour, you will hear me out, and, as a certain Poet justly expresses himself — " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, " Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." And as he advises, so I hope my readers will " Small faults excuse, and what they can, commend." For... | |
 | Sir James Stonhouse - 1818 - 300 pagini
...not be executed to his satisfaction, or be agreeable to his ideas. Whoever thinks a faultless book to see, Thinks what ne.er was, nor is, nor e.er shall be. Pope.s Essay on Criticism. Few, it is presumed, can have the vanity to think themselves exempted from... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 378 pagini
...are one or two other trilling inaccuracies in the pamphlet, which afford demonstrative proof that " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Indeed, as every work hitherto stereotyped, clearly manifests, it is not possible that first editions... | |
 | 1820 - 856 pagini
...LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, ARTS, HISTORY, THE DRAMA, MORALS, MANNERS, AND AMUSEMENTS. " In ev'ry work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And, if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due." £*say on Criticism. LONDON... | |
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In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. 
