 | 1866 - 328 pages
...liberty, Receiv'd his laws, and stood convinc'd 'twas fit Who conquer'd nature should preside o'er wit. Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And...in wit, Might boldly censure as he boldly writ, Yet judg'd with coolness, though he sung with fire ; His precepts teach but what his works inspire. Our... | |
 | 1866 - 490 pages
...for; uncontrolled freedom. 92. Accepted ; made conscious j right. 93. Overcame: hold rule. Horace (18) still charms with graceful negligence, And without method talks us into sense; 95 Will, like a friend familiarly convey The truest notions in the easiest way. (19) He who supreme... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...liberty, Received his laws ; and stood convinced 'twas fit, Who conquer'd nature should preside o'er wit. Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And...fire; His precepts teach but what his works inspire. Our critics take a contrary extreme, They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm: Nor suffers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...Received his laws ; and stood convinced 'twas fit, Who eonquer'd nature, 'should preside o'er wit. Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And...fire : His precepts teach but what his works inspire. Our critics take a contrary extreme ; . 661 They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm : Nor... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 pages
...liberty, Received his laws; and stood convinced 'twas fit, Who conquer'd nature should preside o'er wit. Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And...Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ, Yet judged witli coolness, though he sung with fire; His precepts teach but what his works inspire. Our critics... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...that Receiv'd his laws ; and stood convinc'd 'twas fit1, Who conquer'd Nature, should preside o'er Wit Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And...wit, Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ, Yet judg'd with coolness, tho' he sung with fire ; His Precepts teach but what his works inspire. 660 Our... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1869 - 266 pages
...out the last dull dropping of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of impotence."— I. 608, 9. " Horace still charms with graceful neglIgence, And without method talks us into sense." — I. 653, 4. I am, Sir, your humble servant, A SMALL CRITIC. ON MANNER. was the opinion of Lord Chesterfield... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 544 pages
...laws ; and stood convinced 'twas fit, 'Who conquered nature, should preside o'er wit. — 1. 651, 2. He, who supreme in judgment, as in wit, Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ. — 1. 657, 3. In these twelve instances " wit " rhymes five times to " fit," and three times to "writ."... | |
 | William Hazlitt, William Carew Hazlitt - 1871 - 582 pages
...out the last dull dropping of their sense. And rhyme with all the rage of impotence." — I. 608-9. " Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And without method talks us into sense." — I. 653-4. I am, Sir, your humble servant, A SMALL Cm-no. persons of more solid than showy pretensions... | |
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Received his laws, and stood convinc'd 'twas fit, Who conquer'd nature, should preside o'er wit. Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And without method talks us into sense : Will, like a friend, familiarly convey The truest notions in the easiest... 
