 The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. 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,...  Works: Life and Letters - Page 17by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 410 pages
...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 by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 404 pages
...Dryden observes 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' page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance... | |
 | ARTHUR MURPHY - 1823 - 616 pages
...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. Drydeu's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...Dryden i 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...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... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...Dryden observes 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...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. *!„,*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pages
...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...inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. Of... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...Drydeh obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains hi? 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 firld, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 pages
...Dryden observes the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains hie mind to his own rales of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...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. /... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...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...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... | |
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