 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,...  Typographia, an historical sketch of the origin and progress of the art of ... - Página 466por Thomas Curson Hansard - 1825 - 939 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1812 - 724 páginas
...compelled to pass over. There are certainly many things very sus ceptible of improvement, but, — " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." ADDRESS To the CONDUCTORS of the MILITARY PANORAMA, Occasioned by reading the Prospectus of that H^ark.... | |
 | Mr. Harrison (Ralph) - 1812 - 118 páginas
...most remember, and quote either in verse or prose, and we shall find them to be only musical ones. 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, Since none can compass more than they intend. And it' the means... | |
 | John Nichols - 1813 - 762 páginas
...corrected. In Vol. II. p. 240, there is a material error respecting the Epitaph on Mrs. Mason -j~. * "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." -)• Which should have been printed thus : " MARY the daughter of WILLIAM SHERMAN, of Kingston-upon-Hull,... | |
 | 1814 - 780 páginas
...subdued. In Bibliography — if in :iuy other pursuit — it may fairly and emphatically be said: •• Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall bef Yours, &c. TF DIBDIN. PS Until pointed out to me by Mr. Roscoe, I was not aware that the article... | |
 | 1814 - 752 páginas
...in any other pursuit — it may fairly and emphatically be said : " Whoever thinks a faultless piuce to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be J." Yotirs, &c. T, F. DIBDIN. PS Until pointed out to me by Mr. Roscoe, I was not aware that the article... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1815 - 918 páginas
...belie the well kuown truth so aptly indicated by Pope, where he says, " Wh«CT«r '• Whoever Ihinki a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." iBut I should be sorry to be compelled to point those faults out, lest I should rather betray my own... | |
 | 1845 - 816 páginas
...In like mauner, with the fairest of her danghters, Eve. As Pope says, " Whoever thinks a fanltless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Pious old gentlemen, however, pronounced her perfect, merely becanse they gazed on the image of the... | |
 | Benjamin Starkey - 1818 - 42 páginas
...your patience and candour, you will hear me out, and, as a certain Poet justly expresses himself — " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, " Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." And as he advises, so I hope my readers will " Small faults excuse, and what they can, commend." For... | |
 | Sir James Stonhouse - 1818 - 300 páginas
...not be executed to his satisfaction, or be agreeable to his ideas. Whoever thinks a faultless book to see, Thinks what ne.er was, nor is, nor e.er shall be. Pope.s Essay on Criticism. Few, it is presumed, can have the vanity to think themselves exempted from... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 378 páginas
...are one or two other trilling inaccuracies in the pamphlet, which afford demonstrative proof that " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Indeed, as every work hitherto stereotyped, clearly manifests, it is not possible that first editions... | |
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