The opininon of the most skillful critics was, that
nothing finer [than Goldsmith's ``Traveler''] had
appeared in verse since the fourth book of the
``Dunciad.'' --Macaulay.
2. One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who
censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a
caviler; a carper.
When an author has many beauties consistent with
virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics
exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature.
--I. Watts.
You know who the critics are? the men who have
failed in literature and art. --Beaconsfield.
3. The art of criticism. [Obs.] --Locke.
4. An act of criticism; a critique. [Obs.]
And make each day a critic on the last. --Pope.
Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have
done. --A. Brewer.
2. A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature
or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and
through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's
``Critique of Pure Reason.''
I should as soon expect to see a critique on the
poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal.
--Addison.
3. A critic; one who criticises. [Obs.]
A question among critiques in the ages to come.
--Bp. Lincoln.