...wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics (42) dare not mend. Eut though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,') Moderns beware ! (43) or, if you must oft'end Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end: 160 1.58. Eeetling cliff....

...than their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have nwlc,'} Moderns beware ! (43) or, if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end: 1 5S. Beetling cliff. 159. Superior intellects occasionally; grandly transgress. 160. Breaches of conventionalities;...

...eyes, Which out of nature's common order rise, The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense...; And have at least their precedent to plead ; The critic else proceeds without remorse, Seizes your fame, and puts his laws in force. I know there are...

...rise, The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. But though the ancients thus their rules invade,(As kings dispense with laws themselves have made) Moderns,...; And have at least their precedent to plead ; The critic else proceeds without remorse, Seizes your fame, and puts his laws in force. ~ I know there...

...Which out of nature's common order rise ; The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. 160 But though the ancients thus their rules invade, As kings dispense...And have, at least, their precedent to plead : The critic else proceeds without remorse, Seizes your fame, and puts his laws in force. I knowthereare,...

...eyes, Which out of nature's common order rise, The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense...seldom, and compell'd by need; And have, at least, their precedentjtp plead. The critic else proceeds without rembrse, Seizes your fame, and puts his laws in...

...precipice. ) Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend1, And rise to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As...And have, at least, their precedent to plead. The Critic else proceeds without remorse, Seizes your fame, and puts his laws in force. I know there are,...

...rise,4 The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice.' But though the ancients thus their6 rules mvade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,')...offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end ; 153 16C mnr. Quintil. lib. ii. cap. 13. — POPE. 1 Dryden' s Aurengzebe : Mean noul, and 1iir'at...

...eyes, Which out of nature's common order rise, The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. 160 But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense...have made) Moderns, beware ! or if you must offend x\gainst the precept, ne'er transgress its end ; Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need, And have...

...precipice. } Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend1, And rise to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings dispense with laws themselves have made) Modems, beware ! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its End; Let it be seldom,...