Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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,... "
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ... - Page 172
by Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 503 pages
Full view - About this book

Principles of elocution

William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...coquette ; the man grows sullen and morose', the woman impertinent and fantastical. The style of Diyden is capricious and varied' ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of bis own mind' ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style oses, Where, I observes the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden...
Full view - About this book

The Moral and Intellectual School Book: Containing Instructions for Reading ...

William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...Caesar were living, and die all slaves? or that Caesar were dead, and live all freemen ? The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope...uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to the rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...
Full view - About this book

The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, those of Pope by minute attention. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is...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...
Full view - About this book

The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, those of Pope by minute attention. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is...cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mmd ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid;...
Full view - About this book

Progressive Exercises in English Grammar, Part I: Containing The Principles ...

Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - 1841 - 290 pages
...pride hardens the heart ; humility softens the temper and disposition. " Again. "The style of Dry den is capricious and varied ; — that of Pope is cautious...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...
Full view - About this book

The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...r6ller. celled likewise in pr6se: but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is...uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope 6 constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope...
Full view - About this book

Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow hN prose from his predecessor. The style e one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances...dance it can, Hanging so light, and hauging so high, l'ope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid,...
Full view - About this book

Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...«celled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden i 9!. constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid, Pope i...
Full view - About this book

The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and vtiried ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope 5 constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF