An essay on criticism. With notes by mr. WarburtonH. Linton, 1749 - 89 頁 |
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第 18 頁
... Mufe's steed ; Reftrain his fury , than provoke his speed ; The winged courfer , like a gen'rous horse , Shows most true mettle when you check his course . Thofe RULES of old difcover'd , not devis'd , Are Nature ftill , but Nature ...
... Mufe's steed ; Reftrain his fury , than provoke his speed ; The winged courfer , like a gen'rous horse , Shows most true mettle when you check his course . Thofe RULES of old difcover'd , not devis'd , Are Nature ftill , but Nature ...
第 24 頁
... Mufe . " When firft young Maro in his boundless mind 130 A work t ' outlaft immortal Rome defign'd , Perhaps he feem'd above the Critic's law , And but from Nature's fountains fcorn'd to draw : But when t'examine ev'ry part he came ...
... Mufe . " When firft young Maro in his boundless mind 130 A work t ' outlaft immortal Rome defign'd , Perhaps he feem'd above the Critic's law , And but from Nature's fountains fcorn'd to draw : But when t'examine ev'ry part he came ...
第 34 頁
... moderate draught can never make a good one . And yet the labours and difficulties of drinking deep are fo great , that a young author , " Fir'd with ideas of fair Fir'd at first fight with what the Mufe imparts , 34 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... moderate draught can never make a good one . And yet the labours and difficulties of drinking deep are fo great , that a young author , " Fir'd with ideas of fair Fir'd at first fight with what the Mufe imparts , 34 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
第 35 頁
Alexander Pope. Fir'd at first fight with what the Mufe imparts , In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts , 220 While from the bounded level of our mind , Short views we take , nor fee the lengths behind ; But , more advanc'd ...
Alexander Pope. Fir'd at first fight with what the Mufe imparts , In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts , 220 While from the bounded level of our mind , Short views we take , nor fee the lengths behind ; But , more advanc'd ...
第 59 頁
... Mufe by these is like a miftrefs us'd , 431 This hour fhe's idoliz'd , the next abus'd ; While their weak heads , like towns unfortify'd , ' Twixtfense and nonfenfe daily change their fide.435 Ask them the cause ; they're wiser still ...
... Mufe by these is like a miftrefs us'd , 431 This hour fhe's idoliz'd , the next abus'd ; While their weak heads , like towns unfortify'd , ' Twixtfense and nonfenfe daily change their fide.435 Ask them the cause ; they're wiser still ...
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第 33 頁 - 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.
第 20 頁 - 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.
第 81 頁 - 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.
第 15 頁 - So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft' in those confin'd to single parts.
第 18 頁 - 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.
第 48 頁 - ... 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...
第 14 頁 - 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...
第 86 頁 - And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defy'd the Romans, as of old.
第 26 頁 - 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.
第 44 頁 - 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.