...Their ancient bounds the banish'd Muses pass'd ; 710 But Critic-learning flourished most in France : The rules a nation, born to serve, -obeys ; And Boileau...Britons, foreign laws despis'd, And kept unconquer'd, and uncivilized ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defy'd the Romans, as of old. Yet...

...advance, But critic learning flourished most in France : The rules a nation, born to serve, obey sj And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And kept unconquer'd and uncivilized ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still...

...among others an " Essay on Satire " and an " Essay on Poetry," by the Earl of Mulgrave;f an " Essay on *The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. — Pope, "Essay on Criticism." f These critical verse essays seem to have been particularly affected...

...legislation upon literature that had its source in Paris, for critic-learning flourished most in France. " y" publicatP # In Pope's ideal critic " Good nature and good sense must ever join ; To err is human, to forgive divine."...

...But critic learning flourish'd most in France ; The rules a nation born to serve obeys, And Boilean still in right of Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And kept unconquer'd and uncivilized ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still...

...710 Thence Arts o'er all the northern world advance, But Critic-learning flourish'd most in France: The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys; And Boileau...sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despis'd, 715 And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defy'd...

...passed; Thence arts o'er all the northern world advance, But critic-learning nourished most in France : The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys ; And Boileau...Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And kept unconquered, and uncivilised; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still...

...the arts were introduced into the northern world : But critic-learning flourished most in France ; The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys ; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. The Britons despised these foreign laws, and, fierce for the liberties of wit, remained unconquered...

...slighted, at the cost of elegance, for the sake of vigor, variety, and richness. As Pope himself put it: The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys; And Boileau...Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And kept unconquered, and uncivilized. But, as he continued in his Essay on Criticism, some...

...-no Thence arts o'er all the northern world advance, But critic-learning flourished most in France; The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys; And Boileau...Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And kept unconquered, and uncivilized ; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still...