 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...composition. Dryden »metimes vehement and rapid. Pone is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Drys y the person that seca it for that end. The vision makes such a lively impiessio jerance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaveu by the scythe, levelled by the roller.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...Dryden obeys the motions of his own mmd; 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. If... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 486 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. 1... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 pages
...Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden Is sometimes vehement and ,Tapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's...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. 1... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 370 pages
...critique on the well-known and admired opening of " The Bard," " Ruin seize thee, ruthless king,"&c. expresses a wish that it had been blotted out.* But...the varied exuberance of abun* See Murphy's " Essay OB the Genius of Dr. Johnson." t Ibid. C2 dant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pages
...that might be quoted, is perhaps the eloquent comparison instituted between the relative merits oi' Pope and Dryden. As Cowper alludes to this critique...Murphy's " Essay on the Genius of Dr. Johnson." t Ibid. dant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller." " Of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...Dryden observes the motions of his own mi ml ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. oud torrents, rushing down, Hiss in the flaming gulf of Acheron ; And where gcnttfc Drydcn's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...Dryden observes the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. an, who, in his rapture, accompanied with his own...fell to railing at the performer with all the terms abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...Dryden obeys the motions of bis own mind' ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid' ; Pope is...natural field rising into inequalities, and diversified hy the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation' ; Pope's is a velvet lawn shaven by the scythe, and... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 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. If... | |
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