...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...

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... HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY /T— fc- .JB.-WA4MMHM f -,. Ulil <• ^ENGLISH ANNUAL^ MDCCCXXXVIII. 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...

...that, that that gentleman has advanced, is not that, that he should have proved to your lordships." " 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...

...eyes ; No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear ; The whole at once is bold, and regular. vast and various extent of nature. Our author's work is a wild paradise, where if we canno In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means...

...ONE science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope. NOTHING PERFECT. WHOEVER thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Pope. GLASS. WHO, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into...

...otherwise, while witnessing this latest farce of Mr. Morton. It may certainly have its faults ; still, " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." It decidedly may he classed as anti-lugubrious, and, as such, it is greatly to be commended. Go and...

...talks continually about Pope's faultlessness, forgetting what that elegant writer himself observes— " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be;" mortification, and though he always talked with apparent indifference of such of his poems as were...

...use to the class of persons for whom I have intended them. In conclusion, however, I will add, that, "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." Otley, January, 1834. JC KNOWLSON. THE COMPLETE COW-DOCTOR. OF ALL CREATURES. IN THE CREATION, FOR...

...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 is, nor e'er shall be." regarded with indifference. A humourous poem might be written by a punster, like Hood, upon the imperfect...