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" From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art" Nor have many schools retained their influence longer ; for Crabbe was wittily described as " Pope in worsted stockings ;" and the spell was not completely broken "
Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age - Page 154
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The Poems of Allan Ramsay, Volume 1

Allan Ramsay - 1877 - 426 pages
...out. " Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend ; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art."—Pope, Thus have I pursued these comical characters, having gentlemen's health and pleasure...
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Selected Essays, Volume 1

Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 484 pages
...fancy, and notwithstanding the encouragement to erratic courses held out in the familiar couplet— ' From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch...stockings;' and the spell was not completely broken until the 19th century, when Sir Walter Scott inspired the taste for metrical tales of passion and...
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The Rev. Sydney Smith ... Samuel Rogers. Frederic von Gentz. Maria Edgeworth ...

Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 482 pages
...83 and notwithstanding the encouragement to erratic courses held out in the familiar couplet—• ' From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch...stockings;' and the spell was not completely broken until the 19th century, when Sir Walter Scott inspired the taste for metrical tales of passion and...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1878 - 532 pages
...common track. Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains. In prospects...
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Selected Essays, Volume 1

Abraham Hayward - 1879 - 532 pages
...ROGERS. 83 and notwithstanding the encouragement to erratic courses held out in the familiar couplet— ' From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch...stockings;' and the spell was not completely broken until the 19th century, when Sir Walter Scott inspired the taste for metrical tales of passion and...
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Selected Essays, Volume 1

Abraham Hayward - 1879 - 476 pages
...fancy, and notwithstanding the encouragement to erratic courses held out in the familiar couplet—• ' From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch...stockings;' and the spell was not completely broken until the 19th century, when Sir Walter Scott inspired the taste for metrical tales of passion and...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pages
...Licence is a rule. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, 150 May boldly deviate from the common track; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which without passing thro' the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.* lor after...
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The Handbook of Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief ...

Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...methodis'd. fb. 88. Learn hence for ancient rules a just esteem : Tc copy nature is to copy them. fb. 159. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Essay on Criticism, line 131. A little learning is a dangerous thing! Drink deep, or taste not the...
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Englische studien: Organ für englische philologie unter ..., Volume 3

1880 - 578 pages
...152—155. Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Boileau ap ch. IV, 78—80. Pope v. 171 —174. Some figures monstrous and mis-shaped appear, Considered...
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A Thousand Thoughts from Various Authors

Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 pages
...LICENSE. GREAT wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend ; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. POETIC LICENSE. Pope, Essay on Criticism* YET he, consummate master, knew When to recede, and where...
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