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" Pope had only a little, because Dryden had 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. "
The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives - Page 109
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The popular educator, Volumes 5-6; Volume 8

Popular educator - 1854 - 922 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; — the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more, for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The Class-book of Etymology: Designed to Promote Precision in the Use, and ...

James Lynd - 1854 - 350 pages
...combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dry den. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dry den had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ,- and even...
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The Works of Alexander Pope ...

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The Popular Educator, Volume 5

1856 - 428 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a lUtle, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give...
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Exercises on Words: Designed as a Course of Practice on the Rudiments of ...

William Russell - 1856 - 240 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give...
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Principles of Elocution

Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates — the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets: Chronologically Arranged ...

1857 - 574 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates;- the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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Progressive Exercises in Rhetorical Reading ...

Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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