...cunstilutt« a poet; that quality without which judgment ii cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy whirb muel Johnson ol tins poetical vigour Pope hud only a little, because Drvden had more ; for every other writer since...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...sorrow to delight us. 4 Of genius—that power which constitutes a poet 1 Comedy of Errors. 2 Ibid. that quality, without which judgment is cold, and...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates. l Because they know the world, and are at ease, And, being natural, naturally please.' I love the language,...

...of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. ered in it such order and connexion as was not perceived by Addison, nor, as is said ie cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the...

...genius is "that ception of power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is Poetry cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates." Genius includes invention, imagination, and judgment, and Johnson while affirming that "no man ever...

...the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that qualitv without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert;...amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hestitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only...

...longer on the wing. Of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is regular and constant." Of Genius, that power which constitutes a Poet, that quality without which judgement is cold, and knowledge is meri, that-wJ»f-energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and...

...a standard of a different and evidently more encompassing form of genius by which to measure Pope: "Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgement is cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates...