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ESSAY

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CRITICISM.

BY

ALEXANDER POPE, Efq;

With NOTES by

Mr. WARBURTON.

Si quid novifti rectius iftis,
Candidus imperti; fi non, his utere mecum.

HORAT.

LONDON:

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THE

CONTENTS

OF THE

ESSAY ON CRITICISM.

1

PART. I.

INtro

Ntroduction, That 'tis as great a fault to judge
ill, as to write ill, and a more dangerous one

to the public,

I.

That a true Tafte is as rare to be found, as a true

Genius, 9 to 18.
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That most men are born with fome Tafte, but Spoil'd

by falfe Education, 19 to 25.

The Multitude of Critics, and causes of them,

26 to 45.

That we are to ftudy our own Taste, and know the

Limits of it, 46 to 67.

Nature the best guide of Judgment, & 68 to 87.

Improv'd by Art and Rules, which are but metho

diz'd Nature,

88.

A 2

Rules

Rules deriv'd from the Practice of the Ancient

Poets, id. to 110.

That therefore the Ancients are necessary to be

Study'd by a Critic, particularly Homer and

Virgil, 120 to 138.

Of Licenses, and the use of them by the Ancients,

140 to 186.

Reverence due to the Ancients, and praise of them,
181, &c.

PAR T. II. Ver. 203, &c.

Caufes hindering a true Judgment, 1. Pride,
208. 2. Imperfect Learning, 245 3. Judg-
ing by parts, and not by the whole, 233 to 288.
Critics in Wit, Language, Verfification, only,

5101

288. 305. 339, &c.. 4. Being too hard to

pleafe, or too apt to admire, y 384. 5. Par-

tiality--too much Love to a Sect, to the An-

cients or Moderns, 394.1 6. Prejudice or Pre-

vention, 408. 7. Singularity, 424. 8. In-

conftancy, 432. 9. Party Spirit, ✈ 452, &c.

19. Envy, 466. Against Envy, and in praife

of Good-nature, y 508, &c. When Severity is
chiefly to be used by Critics,' ¥ 526, &c.

PART: III. Ver. 560, &c.

Rules for the Conduct of Manners in a Critic, L
- Candour,, 563.. Modesty, 566. Good-
Breeding, 572. Sincerity, and Freedom of