 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
 | 1856 - 428 pages
...own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden ie sometimes vehe:rent and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle....inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the eythe and levelled by the roller. Of genius,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; P-'pe is always^ smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising inio inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes Morison - 1856 - 92 pages
...each being complete in sense, they are separated by a semicolon, a conjunction being understood ; as, Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Religion raises men above themselves; irreligion sinks them beneath the brutes. A friend exaggerates... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 pages
...Dryden obeys the motions of bis own mind; Pope constrains bis mind to his own rnles <>f 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. 11... | |
 | Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 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. 779.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 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... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 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... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - 1913 - 400 pages
...people mourn. Note, too, that very little of the effect is lost even when the sentence is longer : Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and leveled by the roller. over,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 140 pages
...Lincoln is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Macaulay is always smooth, uniform, and polished. Lincoln's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Macaulay's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the lawn mower and leveled by the roller.... | |
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