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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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Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric: A Series of Practical Lessons ...

George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 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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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 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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Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades

Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 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...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 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 his poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since...
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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ...

Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 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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A Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language

Louis F. Klipstein - 1859 - 280 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 Dryderi had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give...
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The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ...

Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 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 othey writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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Half-hours of translation, or Extracts from the best British and American ...

Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 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 Dryden...
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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM COWPER HIS LIFE, LETTERS, AND POEMS

1860 - 784 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, or less convenient by some men than a wooden one, and been disposed vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give...
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The Standard authors reader, arranged and annotated by the editor of 'Poetry ...

Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 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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