...please our eyes, Which out of nature's common order rise, The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselveshave made) Moderns, beware ! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress...

...please our eyes, Which out of nature's common order rise, The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As...precept, ne'er transgress its end ; Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need; And have, at least, their precedentjtp plead. The critic else proceeds without rembrse,...

...please our eyes, Which out of nature's common order rise ; The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. 160 But though the ancients thus their rules invade, As...precept, ne'er transgress its end ; Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead : The critic else proceeds without...

...wits sometimes may gloriously offend1, And rise to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings dispense...precept, ne'er transgress its End; Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead. The Critic else proceeds without remorse,...

...rise,4 The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice.' But though the ancients thus their6 rules mvade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,')...offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end ; 153 16C mnr. Quintil. lib. ii. cap. 13. — POPE. 1 Dryden' s Aurengzebe : Mean noul, and 1iir'at...

...please our eyes, Which out of nature's common order rise, The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. 160 But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As...have made) Moderns, beware ! or if you must offend x\gainst the precept, ne'er transgress its end ; Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need, And have...

...wits sometimes may gloriously offend1, And rise to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings dispense with laws themselves have made) Modems, beware ! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its End; Let it be seldom,...

...please our eyes, Which out of nature's common order rise; The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As...offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end. V. Still green with bays each ancient altar stands, Above the reach of sacrilegious hands; Secure from...

...just; Whose own example strengthens all his laws, And is himself that great sublime he draws. POPE. And though the ancients thus their rules invade. As kings dispense with laws themselves have made ; Modems, beware ! or, if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end. POPE. New...

...our eyes, i Which out of nature's common order rise, The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. I t60 But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As...precept, ne'er transgress its end ; Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need ; And have at least their precedent to plead ; The critic else proceeds without remorse,...