An essay on criticism. With notes by mr. WarburtonH. Linton, 1749 - 89 páginas |
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... facred Homer yet 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.
... facred Homer yet 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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... the unlearned Critics : His affection for letters would not fuffer him to conceive that any learned Critic could ever fail to fo low a prostitution . Before his facred name Alies ev'ry fault , And each 56 ESSAY on CRITICISM .
... the unlearned Critics : His affection for letters would not fuffer him to conceive that any learned Critic could ever fail to fo low a prostitution . Before his facred name Alies ev'ry fault , And each 56 ESSAY on CRITICISM .
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Alexander Pope. Before his facred name Alies ev'ry fault , And each exalted ftanzà teeths with thought ! The Vulgar thus through Imitation err ; As oft the Learn'd by being fingular ; COMMENTARY . 425 VER . 424.TheValgar thus - As oft ...
Alexander Pope. Before his facred name Alies ev'ry fault , And each exalted ftanzà teeths with thought ! The Vulgar thus through Imitation err ; As oft the Learn'd by being fingular ; COMMENTARY . 425 VER . 424.TheValgar thus - As oft ...
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... facred luft of praise ! Ah ne'er fo dire a thirft of glory boast , Nor in the Critic let the Man be loft , Good - nature and good - fense must ever join ; To err is human , to forgive , divine . But if in noble minds fome dregs remain ...
... facred luft of praise ! Ah ne'er fo dire a thirft of glory boast , Nor in the Critic let the Man be loft , Good - nature and good - fense must ever join ; To err is human , to forgive , divine . But if in noble minds fome dregs remain ...
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... facred fatire learn'd to spare , And Vice admir'd to find a flatt'rer there ! NOTES . 545. Did all the dregs of bold Socinus drain ] The feeds of this religious evil , as well as of the political that encouraged it ( for all Revolutions ...
... facred fatire learn'd to spare , And Vice admir'd to find a flatt'rer there ! NOTES . 545. Did all the dregs of bold Socinus drain ] The feeds of this religious evil , as well as of the political that encouraged it ( for all Revolutions ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 15 - So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft' in those confin'd to single parts.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.