The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform,... The Works of Samuel Johnson - Página 170por Samuel Johnson - 1816Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 páginas
...uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field rising into inequalities, and diversified hy the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation' ; Pope's...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. It is not boldness', but necessity, that impels them to battle. 10. When an emphatic word is contained... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wmg. If of Dryden's fire, the blaze... | |
| William Martin - 1838 - 368 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shorn by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. RULE V, Negative sentences, or members of sentences,... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wmg. If of Dryden's fire, the blaze... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1840 - 384 páginas
...JOHNSON. Of genius, tlml power, which constitutes a poet; tAaf quality, without wA&Ajudgment is mid and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects,...must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. II is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had onty a littte, because Dryden had more... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's "? 1 J ; Pope'« is a vclvi t lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power... | |
| Jean Frédéric Ostervald - 1840 - 244 páginas
...sapientice, et cognitionis qui olim erant reconditi* — GTJASSEN, that quality, without which judgment i3 cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; always investigating; always aspiring ; in its widest researches, still longing to go forward; always... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1841 - 636 páginas
...of wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence. JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that...combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, unth some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1841 - 636 páginas
...of wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence. JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold and knoicleilge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment ie cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the... | |
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