Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, 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,... Literary Leaves; Or, Prose and Verse Chiefly Written in India - Página 127de David Lester Richardson - 1840Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1837 - 412 páginas
...1 I'.T.UEHr.ht:f '..'Ik;' r|. _--:iCi, , r.6 Htl • :: ill'llr <*y THE ENGLISH ANNUAL MDCCCXXXVII. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, . Thinks what ne'er was, nor N, nor e'er shall be. ID every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they... | |
| 1838 - 432 páginas
... HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY /T— fc- .JB.-WA4MMHM f -,. Ulil <• ^ENGLISH ANNUAL^ MDCCCXXXVIII. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor Is, nor e'er shall be. In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means... | |
| John Comly - 1834 - 226 páginas
...that, that that gentleman has advanced, is not that, that he should have proved to your lordships." " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend. And if the means... | |
| John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 páginas
...otherwise, while witnessing this latest farce of Mr. Morton. It may certainly have its faults ; still, " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." It decidedly may he classed as anti-lugubrious, and, as such, it is greatly to be commended. Go and... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 páginas
...eyes ; No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear ; The whole at once is bold, and regular. vast and various extent of nature. Our author's work is a wild paradise, where if we canno In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means... | |
| Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - 276 páginas
...ONE science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope. NOTHING PERFECT. WHOEVER thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Pope. GLASS. WHO, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into... | |
| David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 396 páginas
...so unhappily deform the pages of a writer who would otherwise be almost too perfect for humanity. " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." The texture of Shakespeare's composition is often most vexatiously involved, and many of his passages... | |
| John C. Knowlson - 1840 - 302 páginas
...use to the class of persons for whom I have intended them. In conclusion, however, I will add, that, "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Otley, January, 1834. JC KNOWLSON. THE COMPLETE COW-DOCTOR. OF ALL CREATURES. IN THE CREATION, FOR... | |
| David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 páginas
...otherwise have escaped them entirely, or have been What does even Pope himself say on this point ? " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." regarded with indifference. A humourous poem might be written by a punster, like Hood, upon the imperfect... | |
| David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 páginas
...entirely, or have been • What does even Pope himself say on thi< point ? " Whoever thinks a faultle-s piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." regarded with indifference. A humourous poem might be written by a punster, like Hood, upon the imperfect... | |
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