...into monotony and bombast. It has been pleaded, in mitigation, that great painters, like great poets, "sometimes gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend;" that his errors flowed from the same source as his beauties ; and were often such as none but himself...

...into monotony and homhast. It has heen jileaJed, in mitigation, that great painters, like great poets, "sometimes gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend ;" that his errors flowed from the same source as his beauties ; and were often such as none but himself...

...into monotony and bombast. It has been }:leaJed, in mitigation, that great painters, like great poets, "sometimes gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend ;" that his errors flowed from the same source as his beauties ; and were often such as none but himself...

...sentiment of the elegant and enlightened bard of Twickenham is also mine — ' Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics...; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And match a grace beyond the reach of art.' So it is with the subject of our argument : a tamer genius...

...Pegasus, a nearer way to take, 150 May boldly deviate from the common track. Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true Critics...mend; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, wp E. c And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, 155 Which, without passing thro' the judgment,...

...Ne quittent point vos mains, jour et nuit feuilletés. Pope v. 152—155. Gréât wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend; From vulgär bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grâce beyond thé reach of art. Boileau ap ch....