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 Licenfes, and the use of them by the Ancients,
140 to 180.
Reverence due to the Ancients, and praise of them,
* 181, &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,
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, 439. 9. Party Spirit, 452, &c.
10. Envy, y 466. Against Envy, and in praife
of Good-nature, & 508, &c. When Severity is
chiefly to be used by Critics,' ¥ 526, &c.
PART III. Ver. 560, &c. wil
Rules for the Conduct of Manners in a Critic, L
Candour, 563. Modefty, 566. Good-
Breeding, 572. Sincerity, and Freedom of