 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 lehte
...often in the right pl:u e. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines, Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 458 lehte
...a-day, Like Heclors, in at ev'ry petty fray. Let those Jind fault whose wit's so very small They 'ave need to show that they can think at all. Errors like straws upon the surface flow ; He who would starch for pearls must dive below: Fops may have leave to level all they can, Ai pigmies would be glad... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 lehte
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 lehte
...scorns to quarrel once a-day ; Like Hectors, in at every petty fray. Let those find fault whose wit's so very small, They've need to show that they can...the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must'dive below. Fops may hare leave to level all they can ; As pigmies would be glad to lop a man.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 lehte
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | 1811 - 718 lehte
...The wife well-natured, and the mistress true. Now, poets, if your fame has been his care, Allow mm last, I gave this dagger with thee, as in trust,'...thy portion, if I e'er proved false. On such conditi »my have leave to level all they can, As pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half wits are fleas ;... | |
 | 1819 - 308 lehte
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - 1823 - 438 lehte
...the dignity of true criticism, to catch at these minor faults ; for, as Dryden happily expresses it, Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. It cannot, however, be inferred from these blemishes, that the passages in which they are found are... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 354 lehte
...often in the right place. This Mr. Drjden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 lehte
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellences than imperfections, to discover the concealed... | |
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Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. 
