 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...motions of his own mind, Pope conftrains his mind to his own rules of compofition. Dryden is fometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always fmooth, uniform,...of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, fhaven by the fcythe, and levelled , by :tlje roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 pages
...motions of his own mind, Pope conftrains his mind to his own rules of compofition. Dryden is fomerimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always fmooth, uniform,...and diverfified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegeration ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, fhaven by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...and rapid j Pope is always fmooth, uni-* form, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rifmg into inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawnj fhaven by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...motions of his own mind ; Pope conftrains his mind to his own rules of compofition. Dryden is fometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always fmooth, uniform,...exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, fhaven by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet; that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...motions of his own mind ; Pope conftraihs his mind to his own rules of compofition. Dryden is fometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always fmooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, riling into inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...motions of his own mind ; Pope conftrains his mind to his own rules of compofition. Dryden is fometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always fmooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, riling into inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation^ Pope's is... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...motions of his own mind ; Pope conihains his mind to his own rules of composition Drvden is forrietirnes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always 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... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pages
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...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, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of geniu?, that power which constitutes a poet; that... | |
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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... 
