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" Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. "
The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on ... - Page 172
by Samuel Johnson - 1781
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Annual Register, Volume 25

Edmund Burke - 1800 - 624 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a litlle, becaule Dryden had more; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...excited by fome external occafion, or extorted by domeftic neceffity : hecompofed without confideration, and publifhcd without correction : what his...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, 'becaufe Dryden had more ; for every. other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...by fome external occafion, or extorted by domeftick neceffity; he compofed without confideration, and publifhed without correction. What his mind could...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 pages
...this poetical vigour Pop" had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other- writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...performances were always hafty, either excited by fome extern.;! ternal occafion, or extorted by ctomeftick neceffity ; he compofed without confideration,...
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prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets

samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were-always hafty, either excited by fome external ternal occafion, or extorted by domeftick neceffity...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL

Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had, more; for every other writer, lince Milton, mull give place to Pope; and even of Dryden it muft be...paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances \vere always hafly, either cxchetl by feme external occaficn, or extorted by domefticneccffity ; he...
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Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more j for every, other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems -. Diyden's performances were always hafty, either excited by fome external occafion, or extorted by...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...performances were always hafty, either excited by forne external occafion, or extorted by domeftick neceflity ; he compofed without contideration, and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...neceflity ; he compofed without confideration, and published without correction. What his mind could fupply fupply at call, or gather in one excurfion,...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...always hafty, either excited by fome external occafion, cr extorted by domeftick neceflity ; he compofed without confederation, and publifhed without corre&ioiu...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope; and even of Dryden...always hafty, either excited by fome external occafion, c* extorted by domeftiek neceffity; he compofed without confideration, and publifhed without correction....
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