 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 pagina’s
...edit. in this sense that the word seems to have been understood by Pope, in the following couplet : " 'Tis with our judgments as our watches ; none " Go just alike, yet each believes his own." For this meaning of the word, its primitive and literal application to the judicial decision of a tribunal... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 pagina’s
...expression is equally remarkable. Thus in reasoning on the variety of men's opinions, he says — " 'Tis with our judgments, as our watches; none Go just alike, yet each believes his own." Nothing can be more original and happy than the general remarks and illustrations in the Essay: the... | |
 | Christian Fürchtegott Gellert - 1818 - 434 pagina’s
...unfern libren, jteine gebt mit ber anbrni »ollfommen д1«1ф, unb ieöet glaubt Ьоф be» fcínigen: 'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none Go just alike , yet each believes his own. 3d) weijj ntcfoto rnc^ir ju fagen , alö fфon ju »ieí gefagt babe. / im äpritmonat, 1751. • S... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pagina’s
...To tire' our patience', than mislead' our sense' : Some few' in that', but numbers' err in this' ; Ten' censure' wrong, for one' who writes' amiss. A...watches', none Go just alike', yet each believes his own'. In Poets' as true Genius' is but rare, True Taste' as seldom is the Critic's' share : Both' must alike... | |
 | 1819 - 352 pagina’s
...vehicles of controversy, when they ought to be the cementers of peace and good will among men. — •' 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own." So let us beware oi risking that judgement in unprofitable and too violent controversies. — Let moderation... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 pagina’s
...farfetched conceit or quaint imagery. The matter is sense, but the form is wit. Thus the lines in Pope — " 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike ; yet each believes his own — " are witty, rather than poetical ; because the truth they convey is a mere dry observation on... | |
 | John Walker - 1819 - 734 pagina’s
...Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town. Pope. ''fis with our judgments as our watches : none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. Pope. OWSE, See OUSE. OWZE. ox. Ox, btx,fox, equinox, orthodox, heterodox, etc. Perfect rhymes, the... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 328 pagina’s
...which is the true, and which the false, we are often at a loss to determine : as the poet has said, ' 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes liis own.' POPE. With regard to our external senses, this diversity of feeling, as far as it occurs,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 pagina’s
...Dr. Camphell. See his Philosopby of Rhetorie, Vol. I. )'• 103, lst edit. [Boston i.lilion, p. 57. "'Tis with our judgments as our watches; none " Go just alike, yet each believes hil own." For this meaning of the word, its primitive and literal applkation to the judicial decision... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pagina’s
...ancients.—Reverence due to the ancients, and praise of them. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss; A fool...watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. In poets as true genius is but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share; Both must alike from... | |
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Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. 
