An essay on criticism. With notes by mr. WarburtonH. Linton, 1749 - 89 páginas |
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... regularity which would have been requifite in a profe writer . Spec . N ° 235. Whereas nothing can be more unlike , in this refpect , than these two po- A 4 A fool might once himself alone expofe , } Now ESSAY ON CRITICISM . 7.
... regularity which would have been requifite in a profe writer . Spec . N ° 235. Whereas nothing can be more unlike , in this refpect , than these two po- A 4 A fool might once himself alone expofe , } Now ESSAY ON CRITICISM . 7.
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Alexander Pope. A fool might once himself alone expofe , } Now one in verfe makes many more in profe . ' Tis with our Judgments as our watches , none Go juft alike , yet each believes his own . In Poets as true Genius is but rare , True ...
Alexander Pope. A fool might once himself alone expofe , } Now one in verfe makes many more in profe . ' Tis with our Judgments as our watches , none Go juft alike , yet each believes his own . In Poets as true Genius is but rare , True ...
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... himself seems to haye intimated the caufe in the epithet he has given to the Imagination . For , if according to the Atomic Philofophy , the memory of things be preferved in a concatenation of ideas , produced by the animal fpi- rits ...
... himself seems to haye intimated the caufe in the epithet he has given to the Imagination . For , if according to the Atomic Philofophy , the memory of things be preferved in a concatenation of ideas , produced by the animal fpi- rits ...
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... himself qua lified for his office , is fhewn next bow to exercife it . And as he was to attend to Nature for a Call , fo he is first and principally to follow her when called . And here again in this , as in the foregoing precept , the ...
... himself qua lified for his office , is fhewn next bow to exercife it . And as he was to attend to Nature for a Call , fo he is first and principally to follow her when called . And here again in this , as in the foregoing precept , the ...
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... himself , our Author obviates that common 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 ...
... himself , our Author obviates that common 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 ...
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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
Pasajes populares
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.