 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 páginas
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes...Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 páginas
...constitutes a poet ! that ..quality, without which, judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; thut energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates...only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every othi-r writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope ; and cvfn of Dryden it must be said, that if... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 páginas
...by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgement is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which...Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 434 páginas
...Pope'$ is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet } that quality, without which judgment...energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates — thesuperioritymust,with some hesitation* be allowed to Dryden It is not to be inferred, that of... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 páginas
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which constitutes...Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer, since Milton, must... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 402 páginas
...by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which...Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 páginas
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes...Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes...to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this 3 «6 THE AMERICAN [Lesson 7. poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 páginas
...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet ; that quality, without which,...Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour, Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer, since Milton, must... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1823 - 1256 páginas
...III. JOHNSON. Ofgen'ms, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality. without which judgment ** cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects,...Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
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Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. 
