"Tis more to guide, than spur the Muse's steed; / Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed; / The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, / Shows most true mettle when you check his course."
An Essay on Criticism
Over 30 entries in ESTC. (1711, 1713, 1714, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1722, 1728, 1736, 1737, 1741, 1744, 1745, 1749, 1751, 1754, 1758, 1765, 1770, 1774, 1777, 1782, 1796).<br>
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<u>An Essay on Criticism.</u> (London: Printed for W. Lewis, 1711). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N31901">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=tt4NAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004809177.0001.000">Link to 2nd edition in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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Originally searching through Stanford's HDIS installation of the Chadwyck-Healey database (which indexes a text from the 1736 <u>Works</u>. Some text drawn from ECCO-TCP edition.