 | John Close - 1833 - 182 pages
...imputed to my little acquaintance with the world, and Weak Intellects ! As the immortal Pope says : — " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor ne'er shall be. In every work regard the writers end, Since none can compass more than they intend... | |
 | Jacob Halls Drew - 1834 - 556 pages
...attachment to Methodism chiefly rest? Do you think it free from imperfection ? " By no means, sir, " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see. Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be :" " But I think there are fewer defects in the doctrines and discipline of Wesleyan Methodism, than... | |
 | George William David Evans - Architecture - 1835 - 596 pages
...criticise and condemn; and it may be said of St. Peter's, as of every other human production, that Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Objections have been raised against various parts of this august fabric, but that which never escapes... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 pages
...eleven and twelve, I'll visit you. LESSON CXC. Extract from the Essay on Criticism.—POPE. WHOBVER 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... | |
 | Sir John Suckling - 1836 - 448 pages
...one, and he would see Things that ne'er were, nor are, nor e'er will lie." Epilogue to the Goblins. " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." The Lady Juliana Barnes uses an expression very similar— s " Jesus was a gentleman." Dodsley has... | |
 | Caroline Frederica Beauclerk, Henrietta Mary Beauclerk - American fiction - 1836 - 210 pages
...FREDERICA BEAUCLERK, i AND HENRIETTA MARY BEAUCLERK. " Ja critique est aisee, mais 1'art eat difficile." "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.'' PHILADELPHIA : EL CAREY & A. HART. 1836. KEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRA UV 73352B ASIOR, LENOX ANP __> 1940... | |
 | Sir John Suckling - 1836 - 436 pages
...one, and he would see Things that ne'er were, nor are, nor e'er will be." Epilogue to the Goblins. " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Pope't Essay on Criticism. The Lady Juliana Barnes uses an expression very similar — " Jesus was... | |
 | Gift books - 1836 - 456 pages
...CAVENMtH StjVAhK [-i'iis - ' ft V }-- K . cNOK AMD ENGLISH ANNUAL, MDCCCXXXVI. Whoever thinks a faultiess 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 compact more than they intend ; And if the means... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1888 - 576 pages
...what to the reflecting mind is beyond dispute, that in the language of the poet last referred to, " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was — nor is — nor e'er shall be." but on the contrary, as beacons calculated to warn us of the dangers and difficulties, to which we... | |
 | Gift books - 1837 - 412 pages
...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... | |
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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,... 
