I
Introduction
| 1 | That 'tis as great a fault to judge ill, as to write ill, and a more dangerous one to the public. |
| 9-18 | That a true Taste is as rare to be found, as a true Genius. |
| 19-25 | That most men are born with some Taste, but spoiled by false Education. |
| 26-45 | The multitude of Critics, and causes of them. |
| 46-67 | That we are to study our own Taste, and know the Limits of it. |
| 68-87 | Nature the best guide of Judgment. |
| 88 | Improv'd by Art and Rules, — which are but methodis'd Nature. |
| id-110 | Rules derived from the Practice of the Ancient Poets. |
| 120-138 | That therefore the Ancients are necessary to be studyd, by a Critic, particularly Homer and Virgil. |
| 140-180 | Of Licenses, and the use of them by the Ancients. |
| 181 etc. | Reverence due to the Ancients, and praise of them. |
II
201 | | Causes hindering a true Judgment |
| 208 | 1. Pride |
| 215 | 2. Imperfect Learning |
| 233-288 | 3. Judging by parts, and not by the whole. |
| 288, 305, 399 etc. | Critics in Wit, Language, Versification, only. |
| 384 | 4. Being too hard to please, or too apt to admire. |
| 394 | 5. Partiality — too much Love to a Sect, — to the Ancients or Moderns. |
| 408 | 6. Prejudice or Prevention. |
| 424 | 7. Singularity. |
| 430 | 8. Inconstancy. |
| 452 etc. | 9. Party Spirit. |
| 466 | 10. Envy. |
| 508 etc. | Against Envy, and in praise of Good-nature. |
| 526 etc. | When Severity is chiefly to be used by Critics. |
III
v. 560 | | |
| 563 | Rules for the Conduct of Manners in a Critic. |
| 566 | 1. Candour, Modesty. |
| 572 | Good-breeding. |
| 578 | Sincerity, and Freedom of advice. |
| 584 | 2. When one's Counsel is to be restrained. |
| 600 | Character of an incorrigible Poet. |
| 610 | And of an impertinent Critic, etc. |
| 629 | Character of a good Critic. |
| 645 | The History of Criticism, and Characters of the best Critics, Aristotle, |
| 653 | Horace, |
| 665 | Dionysius, |
| 667 | Petronius, |
| 670 | Quintilian, |
| 675 | Longinus. |
| 693 | Of the Decay of Criticism, and its Revival. Erasmus, |
| 705 | Vida, |
| 714 | Boileau, |
| 725 | Lord Roscommon, etc. |
| Conclusion | | |
