 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 ... - Page 466by Thomas Curson Hansard - 1825 - 939 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1812 - 724 pages
...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) - English language - 1812 - 118 pages
...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 - Authors, English - 1813 - 762 pages
...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,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1814 - 780 pages
...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... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1814 - 752 pages
...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 - London (England) - 1815 - 918 pages
...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... | |
 | England - 1845 - 816 pages
...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 - Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1818 - 42 pages
...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 - Consolation - 1818 - 300 pages
...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 - Natural history - 1821 - 378 pages
...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... | |
| |
