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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 Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ... - Page 106
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

1800 - 624 pages
...energy which collecb, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hcfitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becauie Dryden had more; for every other writer fince Milton tnuit give place to Pope ; and even of...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...energy which collect;, combines, amplifies, and anirrrates; 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 otfeet •writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 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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The History of the Manners, Landed Property, Government, Laws, Poetry ...

Sharon Turner - 1805 - 534 pages
...combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority mujt, with fume hcfitation, be allowed to Dryden. // is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, tecaufe Dryden had more : for every other writer Jince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The History of the Anglo-Saxons, Volume 2

Sharon Turner - 1807 - 498 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 si-ice Milton must give place to Pope : and even of...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 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...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 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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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, tha.t 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 Drydtn...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 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...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...amplifies* and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is npt 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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