| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 páginas
...more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Drydtn it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited bv some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity; he composed withobt... | |
| John Dryden - 1811 - 582 páginas
...vigour Pope had -ml;, a. little, becaufe Dryden had lucre , for every other vriter fince Milton mull give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it muft be...has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden'i performances were always hally, either excited by tome external occafion, ot extorted by doraellick... | |
| John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton - 1811 - 642 páginas
...allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of thii poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaulc Dryden had more ; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it mult be laid, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 páginas
...; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 páginas
...for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that ' if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.' Dryden's performances were always hasty ; either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by some domestic necessity : he composed... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 páginas
...: for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 398 páginas
...other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pepe ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if hie has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty ; either excited by some external" occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 páginas
...: for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs he has not better poems. Dryden's performance* were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity... | |
| John Dryden - 1821 - 570 páginas
...for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope : and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 308 páginas
...more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity; he composed without... | |
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