v. 181, etc. Reverence due to the Ancients, and praise of them. PART II. Ver. 201, etc. Causes hindering a true Judgment, v. 208 1. Pride. v. 215 2. Imperfect Learning. v. 233 to 288 3. Judging by parts, and not by the whole. v. 288, 305, Critics in Wit, Language, Versification, only. 399, etc. v. 384 4. Being too hard to please, or too apt to admire. v. 394 5. Partiality--too much Love to a Sect,--to the Ancients or Moderns. v. 408 6. Prejudice or Prevention. v. 424 7. Singularity. v. 430 8. Inconstancy. v. 452 etc. 9. Party Spirit. v. 466 10. Envy. v. 508, etc. Against Envy, and in praise of Good-nature. v. 526, etc. When Severity is chiefly to be used by Critics. PART III. Ver. 560, etc. v. 563 Rules for the Conduct of Manners in a Critic. v. 566 1. Candour, Modesty. v. 572 Good-breeding. v. 578 Sincerity, and Freedom of advice. v. 584 2. When one's Counsel is to be restrained. v. 600 Character of an incorrigible Poet. v. 610 And of an impertinent Critic, etc. v. 629 Character of a good Critic. v. 645. The History of Criticism, and Characters of the best Critics, Aristotle, v. 653 Horace, v. 665 Dionysius, v. 667 Petronius, v. 670 Quintilian, v. 675 Longinus. v. 693 Of the Decay of Criticism, and its Revival. Erasmus, v. 705 Vida, v. 714 Boileau, v. 725 Lord Roscommon, etc. Conclusion. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM 'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, 5 Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. 10 In Poets as true genius is but rare, True Taste as seldom is the Critic's share; Both must alike from Heav'n derive their light, These born to judge, as well as those to write. Let such teach others who themselves excel, 15 And censure freely who have written well. Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not Critics to their judgment too?