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... thought it here fufficient juft to have mentioned them , propofing to do them right elsewhere . But thofe fpoiled by falfe tafte are innumerable ; and thofe are his proper concern : He therefore , from 35 to 46 fubdivides thefe again ...
... thought it here fufficient juft to have mentioned them , propofing to do them right elsewhere . But thofe fpoiled by falfe tafte are innumerable ; and thofe are his proper concern : He therefore , from 35 to 46 fubdivides thefe again ...
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... thought to draw the Critic from the foundation where he had before fixed him , he previoufly obferves [ from 87 to 92 ] that thofe Rules of Art , which he is now about to recom- mend to his ftudy , were not invented in the Imagination ...
... thought to draw the Critic from the foundation where he had before fixed him , he previoufly obferves [ from 87 to 92 ] that thofe Rules of Art , which he is now about to recom- mend to his ftudy , were not invented in the Imagination ...
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... been unprophan'd . None e'er bad thought bis comprehenfive mind To modern Customs , modern Rules confin'd Who for all ages writ , and all mankind . B } 1 Be Homer's works your ftudy , and delight , ESSAY ON CRITICISM . 23.
... been unprophan'd . None e'er bad thought bis comprehenfive mind To modern Customs , modern Rules confin'd Who for all ages writ , and all mankind . B } 1 Be Homer's works your ftudy , and delight , ESSAY ON CRITICISM . 23.
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... thoughts Those freer beauties , ev'n in them , feem faults . 170 COMMENTARY , have , in each particular inftance , the authority of the dif penfing power of the Ancients to plead for his excufe . Thele rules obferved , this licence will ...
... thoughts Those freer beauties , ev'n in them , feem faults . 170 COMMENTARY , have , in each particular inftance , the authority of the dif penfing power of the Ancients to plead for his excufe . Thele rules obferved , this licence will ...
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... thoughts struck out at ev'ry line ; 290 COMMENTARY . VER . 289. Some to Conceit alone , & c . ] We come now to that fecond fort of bounded capacity , which betrays it felf in the manner of the work criticised . And this our Author ...
... thoughts struck out at ev'ry line ; 290 COMMENTARY . VER . 289. Some to Conceit alone , & c . ] We come now to that fecond fort of bounded capacity , which betrays it felf in the manner of the work criticised . And this our Author ...
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admire againſt ancient bad Critic beauty Becauſe caufe of wrong cauſe cenfure Cicero cifed Colomies COMMENTARY confift Criticiſm defcribes divifion dulnefs eaſe Efay ev'n ev'ry expofes Expreffion facred fafe falfe fame fatire faults fecond feek feem fenfe fenſe ferves fhall fhews fhort fhould fimilitude firft firſt folly fome fometimes fools foon fpeaking fpirits frike ftill ftudy fubject fublime fuch fure genius gives grace Hermolaus Barbarus himſelf Homer Homer nods itſelf juft juſt laft laſt learn'd learning lefs Licence likewife Longinus mind modeft moft moſt Mufe muft muſt Nature ne'er neceffary neceffity NOTES numbers o'er obferves paffions partiality perfect Judge perfons Petronius pleaſe poem poet Poet's Poetry praife praiſe precept Pride Quintil Quintilian raiſed reafon rife rules ſenſe ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thro true Critic True Wit underſtanding unlearned uſe Weft whofe whole writing wrong Judgment Zoilus
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Page 33 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of. fools.
Page 20 - Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites, When to repress, and when indulge our flights: High on Parnassus' top her sons she show'd, And pointed out those arduous paths they trod; Held from afar, aloft, th' immortal prize, And urg'd the rest by equal steps to rise.
Page 81 - And bless their Critic with a Poet's fire. An ardent Judge, who zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just ; Whose own example strengthens all his laws ; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Page 15 - So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft' in those confin'd to single parts.
Page 18 - Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife.
Page 48 - ... whate'er it shines upon, It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent, as more suitable; A vile conceit in pompous words...
Page 14 - Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains...
Page 86 - And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defy'd the Romans, as of old.
Page 26 - If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Page 44 - Some to conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.