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... error , and fhews it to have arisen ( as often error does ) from a truth , viz . that Homer and Nature were the fame ; and there- * fore the ambitious young Poet , tho ' he fcorn'd to ftoop at any thing fhort of Nature , yet when he ...
... error , and fhews it to have arisen ( as often error does ) from a truth , viz . that Homer and Nature were the fame ; and there- * fore the ambitious young Poet , tho ' he fcorn'd to ftoop at any thing fhort of Nature , yet when he ...
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... errors feem , Nor is it Homer nods , but we that dream . .j COMMENTARY . 180 tics an humbler opinion of their own abilities , and an higher of the Authors they undertake to criticise . On which account he concludes with a fine stroke of ...
... errors feem , Nor is it Homer nods , but we that dream . .j COMMENTARY . 180 tics an humbler opinion of their own abilities , and an higher of the Authors they undertake to criticise . On which account he concludes with a fine stroke of ...
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... errors , muft the lefs commit : 260 COMMENTARY . VER . 253. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to fee ] He thews , in the fecond place , that to fix our cenfure on Jingle parts , tho they happen to want an exactness con- fiftent enough ...
... errors , muft the lefs commit : 260 COMMENTARY . VER . 253. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to fee ] He thews , in the fecond place , that to fix our cenfure on Jingle parts , tho they happen to want an exactness con- fiftent enough ...
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... errors . He next describes true Wit , True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd , & c . And here the reader may obferve , as in the foregoing , the poet is not only explaining true Wit , but likewife the right difpofition of it : And ...
... errors . He next describes true Wit , True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd , & c . And here the reader may obferve , as in the foregoing , the poet is not only explaining true Wit , but likewife the right difpofition of it : And ...
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... errors paft , And make each day a critic on the laft , he has been careful , by the turn of the expreffion in this place , to fhew the difference . For Time , confidered only as duration , vitiates as frequently as it improves . There ...
... errors paft , And make each day a critic on the laft , he has been careful , by the turn of the expreffion in this place , to fhew the difference . For Time , confidered only as duration , vitiates as frequently as it improves . There ...
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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.