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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 Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott...

Walter Scott - 1848 - 484 pages
...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, -with some hesitation, he 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 Class-book of Etymology: Designed to Promote Precision in the Use, and ...

James Lynd - 1848 - 348 pages
...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be a/lowed 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 Mi/ton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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A Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language

Louis F. Klipstein - 1849 - 292 pages
...energy mhirh collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of thit poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Drydeu. 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...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 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 vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer, since Milton, must...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 790 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 vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...energy which col-lects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer, since Milton, must give...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 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 his poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since...
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The History of the Anglo-Saxons: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 2

Sharon Turner - 1852 - 530 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 VOL. II. CO CHAP. little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since IIL Milton must give...
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The history of the Anglo-Saxons, Volume 2

Sharon Turner - 1852 - 578 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 htid only a VOL.11. CC (.'HAP. little, because Dryilen had more; for every other writer since 1IL Milton...
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