...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 Moderns, beware ! or, if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end. POPE. New graces...

...Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend1, And rise to faults true Critics dare not mend. 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,...

...common order rise/ C The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice.' \ But though the ancients thus their6 rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves...offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end ; 16C mur. Quintil. lib. ii. cap. 13. — POPE. 1 Diyden's Aurcngzebe : Mean noul, and dar'st not gloriously...

...our eyes, ~\ Which out of nature's common order rise/ I The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice.1 \ But though the ancients thus their' rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,7) Moderns, beware ! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end ; 155...

...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 kings dispense with laws themselves have Moderns, beware ! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end ; Let it be seldom,...

...true critics dare not mend." So far so good. But then comes the stultifying qualification: — \ " But though the ancients thus their rules invade (As...dispense with laws themselves have made), Moderns, beware 1 or, if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end ; Let it be seldom, and compelled...

...Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. 160 But tho' the ancients thus their rules invade, (As Kings dispense...its end ; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need ; 165 And have, at least, their precedent to plead. The Critic else proceeds without remorse, Seizes...

...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 precedent to plead. The critic else proceeds without remorse,...

...rise to faults true Critics dare not mend. 160 /But tho' the Ancients thus their rules invade, V(As Kings dispense with laws themselves have made) .Moderns,...offend [Against the precept, ne'er transgress its End; <i,et it be seldom, and compell'd by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead. The Critic...

...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...have made) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend --. -3 Against the precept, ne'er transgress its End; Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need; And...