 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, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.  The British poets, including translations - Stran 6avtor: British poets - 1822Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 strani
...of the two, k-ss dangerous is th' offence. to tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Sonic fc.w in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes ami«; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 strani
...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, ^ Ten censure...watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. IO In poets as true genius 1s but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share ; Both must alike... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 strani
...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...watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. • 10 In poets as true genins is but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share; Both must alike... | |
 | Horace - 1812 - 198 strani
...than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this, 5 Ten censure wrong for one w ho writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose...watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. 10 In poets as true genius is but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share ; Both must alike... | |
 | Medora Gordon Byron - 1812 - 246 strani
...the balance, we shall not bo found light wpqn the scales, CHA3P. CHAP. VII. " "fis with our judgment as our watches— none Go just alike, yet each believes his own." .: • . . THAT laudable anxiety which filled the bosom of Wentworth during his solitary journey did... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 strani
...edit. in this sense that the word seems to have been understood by Pope, in the following couplet : " 'Tis with our judgments as our watches ; none " Go just alike, yet each believes his own." For this meaning of the word, its primitive and literal application to the judicial decision of a tribunal... | |
 | Christian Fürchtegott Gellert - 1818 - 434 strani
...unfern libren, jteine gebt mit ber anbrni »ollfommen д1«1ф, unb ieöet glaubt Ьоф be» fcínigen: 'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none Go just alike , yet each believes his own. 3d) weijj ntcfoto rnc^ir ju fagen , alö fфon ju »ieí gefagt babe. / im äpritmonat, 1751. • S... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 strani
...expression is equally remarkable. Thus in reasoning on the variety of men's opinions, he says — " 'Tis with our judgments, as our watches; none Go just alike, yet each believes his own." Nothing can be more original and happy than the general remarks and illustrations in the Essay: the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 strani
...farfetched conceit or quaint imagery. The matter is sense, but the form is wit. Thus the lines in Pope — " 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike ; yet each believes his own — " are witty, rather than poetical ; because the truth they convey is a mere dry observation on... | |
 | 1819 - 352 strani
...vehicles of controversy, when they ought to be the cementers of peace and good will among men. — •' 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own." So let us beware oi risking that judgement in unprofitable and too violent controversies. — Let moderation... | |
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