 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - Literary Criticism - 1962 - 676 pages
...precipice. i&> Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend ; 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
