| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 páginas
...POPE. the 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 a poet ; that quality without which judgpient is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies* and animates;... | |
| John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton - 1811 - 642 páginas
...poet, thould be read ; in which " the fuperiority of genius, that power which conftitutes a pott ; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates;" IK, " with fome hefitatiou," attributed to Dryden. " He profefled to have leamed his poetry from Dryden,... | |
| John Dryden - 1811 - 582 páginas
...the latter poet, Ihould be read , in which " the fuperiority of genius, that power which conliitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collect, combines, amplifies, and animates;" is, " with foine hefitation," attributed to Dryden. "... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 páginas
...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius— that power that constitutes a poet ! tha* quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifier and animates— the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 páginas
...diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shavenby the scythe and levelled 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 collects*, combines, amplifies, and animates,... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 páginas
...genius is a mind of great mental powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction:—that quality, without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines^amplifies, and animate« ; always loves' tigating ; always aspiring ; in its widest researches... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 páginas
...diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power...combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority roust, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that, of this poetical... | |
| 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 páginas
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled 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 collects, combines, amplifies, and animates;... | |
| William Scott - 1819 - 366 páginas
...is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, anil levelled by the roller. Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet ! that ..quality, without which, judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; thut energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates — the superiority must, with some... | |
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