 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...Which out of Nature's common Order rise, \. The shapeless Rock, or hanging Precipice. J 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, 165 And have, at least, Their Precedent to plead. The Critick else proceeds without... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1927 - 954 pages
...striking out on paths unknown to the great poets of Greece and Rome, he cautiously adds a qualification : Moderns, beware ! or if you must offend Against the...precept, ne'er transgress its end ; Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need ; And have, at least, their precedent to plead. Blake would have none of this, for... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...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...need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead. The critic else proceeds without remorse, Seizes your fame, and puts his laws in force. I know there... | |
 | Pat Rogers - Literary Criticism - 2007
...writer is (cautiously) with rule-breakers, and he advises writers as if he were their advocate: 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 Critick else proceeds without... | |
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But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their... 
