 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
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...: 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'...watches', none Go just alike', yet each believes his own'. In Poets' as true Genius' is but rare, True Taste' as seldom is the Critic's' share : Both' must alike... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | John Walker - 1819 - 734 pages
...Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town. Pope. ''fis with our judgments as our watches : none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. Pope. OWSE, See OUSE. OWZE. ox. Ox, btx,fox, equinox, orthodox, heterodox, etc. Perfect rhymes, the... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 328 pages
...which is the true, and which the false, we are often at a loss to determine : as the poet has said, ' 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes liis own.' POPE. With regard to our external senses, this diversity of feeling, as far as it occurs,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 pages
...Dr. Camphell. See his Philosopby of Rhetorie, Vol. I. )'• 103, lst edit. [Boston i.lilion, p. 57. "'Tis with our judgments as our watches; none " Go just alike, yet each believes hil own." For this meaning of the word, its primitive and literal applkation to the judicial decision... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...6. Ten censure'] Readers more easily perceive blemishes than beauties. Adest fere nemo, says Tnlly, De Orator, i. quin acutius atque acrius vitia in dicendo,...the Critic's share ; NOTES'. Ita quidquid est in quo ofFenditur, id etiam illa qua; laudanda sunt obruit. La critique, says, the sensible Abbe de S. Pierre,... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...praise of them. 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...watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. In poets as true genius is but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share; Both must alike from... | |
 | Thomas Edgar - 1822 - 298 pages
...critics ; but, in that event, I must console myself with these Knes of the discerning Pope : — " In poets, as true genius is but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share." But there is still a stronger consideration that fortifies my mind, and will fully compensate want... | |
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