 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 - Page 129by David Lester Richardson - 1840Full view - About this book
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...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... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 pages
...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 it, nor e'er shall be." regarded with indifference. A humourous poem might be written by a punster,... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1841 - 330 pages
...ourselves with the oft-quoted and ever-true couplet of the poet, " Whoever thinks a faultless work to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be ! " In the arrangement of a miscellaneous work, particularly one of a religious nature, there are many... | |
 | 1845 - 842 pages
...that bank to empty benches. In like manner, with the fairest of her daughters, Eve. As Pope says, " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Pious old gentlemen, however, pronounced her perfect, merely because they gazed on the image of the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1846 - 360 pages
...that bank to empty benches. In like manner, with the fairest of her daughters, Eve. As Pope says, " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see. Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Pious old gentlemen, however, pronounced her perfect,merely because they gazed on the image of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...; 250 No monstrous height, or breadth, or length, appear ; The Whole at once is bold, and regular. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In ev'ry work regard the writer's End, 255 Since none can compass more than they intend ; COMMENTARY.... | |
 | Charles Roger - 1847 - 342 pages
...Work ; I hope my readers will keep in mind the lines of Pope : — " Whoever thinks a faultless work to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." DUNDEE, June 1847. ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1848 - 588 pages
...delicia. We must not expect perfection, but we may find fault with repeated errors. Compare Pope : — " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." — Essay, ¡i.] 349. Gravem. Aflat. Not from the want of skill in the player, but from imperfect tension... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...eyes : 250 No monstrous height, or hreadth, or length appear : The whole at once is hold, and regular. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall he. In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...eyes ; No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear ; The whole at once is bold, and regular. 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... | |
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