 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, dge in every hreast, 110 Smiles ou her lips a spleenful joy express'd ; While ou her wrinkled frout, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of... | |
 | 1826 - 434 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 Dryden... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 pages
...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be al lowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical rigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had itmr« ; for every other writer since Milton must... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 566 pages
...that energy collects, combines, amplifies, and anunat superiority must, with some hesitation, 1 ed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a lit*1^. be. cause Dryden had more; for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope :... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 344 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must, with some hesitation, parlen rtnn.huf St Margaret, \Vetliiuna;:r. character not discriminated by any shining or eminent p because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryden... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...combines, amplifies, animates, the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It )t to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryhad more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even try dun... | |
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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. 
