 | Longinus, William Smith - Authors, Greek - 1752 - 242 pages
...Theocritus rather than (j) Tho' they cannot every where boajl, &c.J So Mr. Pope, in the fpirit of Longinus: Great wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife...critics dare not mend ; From vulgar bounds with brave diforder part, And fnatch a grace beyond the rules of art ; Which, without paffing thro' the judgment,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...eyes, -| Which out of nature's common order rife, > The fhapelefs rock, or hanging precipice. •* Great Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings difpenfe with laws themfelves have made)... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1756 - 720 pages
...fome have well nigh completed the circle of univerfal knowlege ?—Our Author goes on: Thus Pegafus a nearer way to take May boldly deviate from the common track, From vu'gar bounds with brave diforder part, And fnateb a grace beyond the reach of art. Here is evidently,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...conception appears from the concluding words : " and all its end at once attains. ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Great Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings difpenfe with laws themfelves have made)... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 316 pages
...pleafe our eyes, Which out of nature's common order rife, The fhapelefs rock, or hanging precipice. Great Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings difpenfe with laws themfelves have made)... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...Some lucky LICENCE anfwers to the full 'lh' intent propos'd, that licence is a rule. Thus Pegafus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the...critics dare not mend ; From vulgar bounds with brave diforder parr, And match a. grace beyond the reach of art. Which, without pafling thro' the judgment,... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...end) Some lucky LICENCE anfwers to the full Th' intent propos'd, that licence is a rule. Thus Pegafus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the...critics dare not mend ; From vulgar bounds with brave diforder part, And fnatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Which, without paffing thro' the judgment,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...them, part by part, you mall find never a good one; and yet altogether doe well*". 12. Thus Pegafus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track ; From vulgar bounds with brave diforder part, And fnatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without... | |
 | Friedrich von Hagedorn - German poetry - 1766 - 608 pages
...mitote« fern ©ebaiiFen fid) (jeiniíid) bereichern wollen, Great Wits fometimes щау glorieuf ly offend , And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend, From vulgar bounds with brave «iifconler ywt, And fimtch a grace beyond the reach of art , Which , without paffing thro* the judgment... | |
 | Friedrich von Hagedorn - Greek poetry - 1769 - 270 pages
...ne fait cœur fans pafler par Геpas même fi elle eft eu lui, fprit. p. 10. Great Wits íbmetímes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics...mend, From vulgar bounds with brave difordcr part, And (natch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without paifing thro' the judgment, gains The heart... | |
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Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing thro' the judgment, gains The heart, and all its... 
