 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...could receive. nfive mind > onfin'd ; f ilnd. P. > to6 ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Be Homer's works your ftudy and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night;...judgment, thence your maxims bring, And trace the Mufes upward to their fpring. Still with itfelf compar'd, his text perufe ; And let your comment be... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...collected in 'all her charms in the clear mirror of Homer. Hence- it would Be Homer's works your ftudy and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night...judgment, thence your maxims bring, And trace the Mufes upward to their fpring. Still with itfelf compar'd, his text perufe ; And let your comment be... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...would Know well each Ancient's proper character; [steer, His fable, subjects, scope in ev'ry page ; 120 Religion, country, genius of his age: Without all...delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night; lij Thence form your judgment, thence your maxims And trace the Muses upward to their spring. [bring,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...all thefe at once before your eyes, Cavil you may, but never criticize. Be Homer's works your ftudy and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night;...judgment, thence your maxims bring, And trace the Mufes upward to their fpring. Still with itfelf compar'd, his text perufe ; 128 And let your comment... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 444 pages
...all thefe at once before your eyes, Cavil you may, but never criticize. Be Homer's works your ftudy and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night;...judgment, thence your maxims bring, And trace the Mufes upward to their fpring. Still with itfelf compar'd, his text perufe ; 128 And let your comment... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...Know well each Ancient's proper character ; [steer, His fable, subjects, scope in ev'ry page ; 120 Religion, country, genius of his age : Without all...125 Thence form your judgment, thence your maxims And trace the Muses upward to their spring, [bring, Still with itself compar'd his text peruse ; And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 558 pages
...all thefe at once before your eyes, Cavil you may, but never criticize. Be Homer's works your ftudy and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night...judgment, thence your maxims bring, And trace the Mufes upward to their fpring. Still with itfelf compar'd, his text perufe ; 128 And let your comment... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...course would steer, Know well each ANCIENT'S proper character j His Fable, Subject, scope in ev'ry page, Religion, Country, genius of his Age : Without...at once before your eyes, 'Cavil you may, but never criticize. Be Homer's works your study and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night : Thence... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...arise critics of an inferior order, who would subdivide the several provinces of this empire."* 9. Know well each Ancient's proper character;, His fable,...scope, in every page ; Religion, country, genius of his age.f From their inattention to these particulars, many -critics, and particularly the French, have... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...You then whose judgment the right course would Know well each ancient's proper character ; [steer, His fable, subject, scope in every page ; Religion,...and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night ; Thence form your judgment, thence your maxims bring, And trace the Muses upward to their spring.... | |
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Be Homer's works your study and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night; Thence form your judgment, thence your maxims bring, And trace the Muses upward to their spring. 
