 | Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 sivua
...that Licence is a rule. Thus PegafuSj a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. Great Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend ; * Neque tarn fanfta funt ifta Precepta, fed hoc quicquid ejij Utilitas excogitaiiit } Nun negalo... | |
 | 1720 - 302 sivua
...licence is a rule.^/^ Thus Pegnfus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. Great wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife...critics dare not mend; From vulgar bounds with brave difordcr part, And match a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without paffing thro' thejudgment,... | |
 | Longinus, William Smith - 1743 - 256 sivua
...every where boaft, &c.] So Mr. Pope, in the Spirit of Longinus : Great wits fometimes may glorioitfy offend, And rife to faults true critics dare not mend ; From vulgar bounds with brave diforder part , And fnatch a grace beyond the rules of art ; Which, without pajfmg thro' the judgment,... | |
 | Charles Frey de Neuville - 1744 - 146 sivua
...: But as this would make me exceed the propofed Bounds, IJhall only fay with the inimitable Pope, * 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 Reach of Art, Which, without paffing through the Judgment,... | |
 | James Hervey - 1748 - 328 sivua
...fo finely defcribes ; and, while he defcribcs, exemplifies : , Great Wits fometimes may glor.ioujly offend, And rife to Faults true Critics dare not mend ; From vulgar Bounds with brave Diforder part, And fcatch a Grace beyond the Reach of Art. on Criticijm. St. Paul's— ~ — lAo^irVlif®'... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1788 - 738 sivua
...wifli them away. How ftrikingly does it exemplify what Pope fays in his Eflay on Criticifm, 1. 159. Great Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend. From the many notes fubjoined to the other poems, various infiances of the Editor's labour, erudition, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 sivua
...our eyes, ^ Which out of nature's common order rife, y The fhapelefs rock, or hanging precipice. 3 Great Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend. 1 60 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings difpenfe with laws themfelves have made)... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 sivua
...our eyes, -j Which out of nature's common order rife, C The Qiapelefs rock, or hanging precipice. 3 Great Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend. 1 60 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings difpenfe with laws themfelves have made)... | |
 | Longinus, William Smith - 1752 - 242 sivua
...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 sivua
...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)... | |
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May boldly deviate from the common track ; 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 through... 
