ΑΝ ESSAY ΟΝ CRITICISM. Written by Mr. P O PE Ек Si quid novifti rectius iftis, HORAT. The SECOND EDITION. LONDON: Printed for W. Lewis in Ruffel-Street Covent- 'T" 'IS hard to fay, if greater Want of Skill Appear in Writing or in Judging ill; But, of the two, lefs dang'rous is th' Offence, To tire our Patience, than mif-lead our Senfe. Some few in that, but Numbers err in this, Ten Cenfure wrong for one who Writes amifs; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verfe makes many more in Profe. A 3 "Tis |