 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...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 common track. " From vulgar bounds with brave diforder part, " And fnatch a grace beyond the reach of art. " Which... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...Some lucky licence anfwers to the full " Th* intent propos'd, that Licence is a rule. " Thus Pegaius, a nearer way to take, " May boldly deviate from the common track. " From vulgar hounds with brave diforder part, " And fnatch a grace beyond the reach of art. " \Vhichwithout... | |
 | Friedrich von Hagedorn - 1770 - 922 pages
...pu même fi eue eft eu lui , ni à quel deber g)i$ter r)a6e mif biefen ©ebcmfen bereichern rooüen. 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 thro' the judgment,... | |
 | Friedrich von Hagedorn - German poetry - 1775 - 274 pages
...et utter* (фгос?еп, t>er 2)1фгег í;abe mit btefem ©e« ф {)ешгНф bereitem wollen* Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, " And rife to...Critics dare not mend, From vulgar bounds with brave diforder part, And {natch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without paffing thro' the jugdment,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...153 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, 1 55 Which, without passing thro' the judgment,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...Pegafus, a nearer way to take, 150^ May boldly deviate from the common track. Great Wits fometimas may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend, From vulgar bounds with brave diforder part, And fnatch a grace beyond the reach of art, i$$ Which without pairing thro' the judgment,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 400 pages
...pleafe our eyes, Which out of nature's common order rife, The fliapelefs rock, or hanging precipice. Great Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 But though the Ancients thus their rules invade (As Kings difpenfe with laws themfelves have made)... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...but reftrain'd By the fame laws which firft herfelf ordain'd. I'BID. p. 76,. BOLDNESS IN COMPOSITION, GREAT Wits fometimes may glorioufly offend, And rife to faults true Critics dare rrot mend ; From vulgar bounds with brave diforder part, And fnatch a grace beyond the reach of art,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1785 - 652 pages
...and Is fometimes a proof both of good tafte and of great genius. Great wits fometimes mayglorioufly offend, And rife to faults true critics dare not mend...»-From vulgar bounds with brave difordcr part, And inarch a grace beyond the reach of irt. ! am the more anxious to mark, and to dwell on this diftinclion,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1788 - 738 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
