 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, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 103by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | 1793 - 738 lehte
...fmooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, riling into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, ¿haven by the fcythc, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which conftitutcs a poet... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 lehte
...fmooth, uciforra, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, Hung into inequalities, and diverûfied by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, thavcn by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. 4 " Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 lehte
...Drydcn and Pope, in the Life of the latter poet, pp. 166 — 171, edit. 1783; in which "the superiority of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet;...energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates ;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S PATENT.... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 608 lehte
...Dryden and Pope, in the Life of the latter poet, pp. 166 — 171, edit. 1783; in which "the superiority of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet;...which collects, combines, amplifies and animates;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S PATENT.... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 lehte
...the Life of the latter poet, pp. 166—171, c <Iit. 1783; in which "the superiority of genius,—that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without...that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates;"—is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Drydcn. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. . \ NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 lehte
...velvet lawn, (haven by the. fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet-, that quality without which judgment is cold,...collects* combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fupetiority muft, with-fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred thafof his poetical... | |
 | 1800 - 620 lehte
..."the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which colleéb, combines, amplifies, and animales ; the fuperiority muft, with forne hefitation, be allowed... | |
 | 1800 - 624 lehte
...the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Of genius, that power which conftitutés a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collecb, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hcfitation, be allowed... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 lehte
...Dryden and Pope, in the Life of the latter poet, pp. 166 — 171, edit. 1783; in which "the superiority of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cofd and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates ;" — is,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 lehte
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, sbaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that... | |
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