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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on ... - Page 173
by Samuel Johnson - 1781
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Annual Register, Volume 25

Edmund Burke - 1800 - 624 pages
...condenfe his fentiments, to multiply his images, and to. accummii':ite all that ftudy might product, or chance might fupply. If the flights of Dryden therefore...the heat is more regular and conftant. Dryden often furpafles expectation, and Pope nev.er falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent aftonimment, and...
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prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets

samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...his images, and to accumulate all that ftudy might produce, or chance might fupply. If the ffights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer...furpaffes expectation, and Pope never falls below k. Dryden is read with frequent aflonifhment, and Pope with perpetual delight. This parallel will,...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL

Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...fupply. If the flights of Dryden theitfore are higher. Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Diydeu's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and conftant. Dryden often furpaiTes expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent allonilhment, and...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fjre the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and conftant. Dryden often furpafles expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent aftonifhment, and...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 pages
...by forne external occafion, or extorted by domeftick neceflity ; he compofed without contideration, and publifhed without correction. What his mind could...the heat is more regular and conftant. Dryden often furpafles expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent aftonimment, and...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...confederation, and publifhed without corre&ioiu What bis mind could fupply at call, or gather in one excuffion, was all that! he fought, and all that he gave. The...brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and conftant. Drydeh often furpafles expectation, arid Pope never falls below if. Dryden is read with frequent aftonifhment,...
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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
...without correction. What his mind could fupply fupply at call, or gather in one excurfion, was all tfoafS he fought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution...the heat is more regular and conftant. Dryden often furpafles expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent aftonilhment, and...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that ftudy might produce, or chance might fupply. I£ the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues...the heat is more regular and conftant. Dryden often furpafles expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent aftonifhment, and...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1793 - 738 pages
...f) 4 him him to condenfc his fentiments, to multiply hia images, and to accumulate ' all that ihidy might produce, or chance might fupply. If the flights...is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and confiant. Dryden often furpafles expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pages
...produce, or chance might fupply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer un the wing. if of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular ami confiant. DryJen often fnrpaffes expectation, and Pope never falls below it j Dryden is read with...
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