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Excerpt from Lessons in Criticism to William Roscoe, Esq. F. R. S: Member of the Della Crusca Society of Florence, F. R. S. L. In Answer to His Letter to the Reverend W. L. Bowles on the Character and Poetry of Pope; With Further Lessons in Criticism to a Quarterly Reviewer I cannot too often and too earnestly repeat, (as, even among sensible men, there is still so much misunderstanding on the subject, ) that there is not, nor ever has been, a Question about the old story of "Art and " NATURE," with reference to the poetry of Pope. The subject of "Art and Nature" was originally a mere incidental half-sentence, leading to the main proposition, respecting Pope, that "Satires and Moral Essays, however "perfectly executed, could not entitle the writer to the FIRST "and highest rank in poetry, the eternal basis of which "is founded on the unchangeable PASSIONS of the Human "Heart, not on varying manners and modes of Arti- "Ficial Life." It was Lord Byron who rang the peal on Nature and ART! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.