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" Invention, by which new trains of events are formed, and new scenes of imagery displayed, as in the Rape of the Lock; and by which extrinsick and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as in the Essay on Criticism... "
The lives of the English poets - Page 193
by Samuel Johnson - 1810
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...generally uncouth and party-coloured : neither original nor translated, neither ancient nor modern.* Pope had, in proportions very nicely adjusted to each...other, all the qualities that constitute genius. He bad Invention, by which new trains of events are funned, and new scenes of imagery displayed, as in...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...other, «11 the qualities that constitute genius. He had Invtntion, by which new trains of event* arc nder extrinsic and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as...
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Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 1-2

1835 - 932 pages
...not incompatible qualities. " He had invention," Dr. Johnson continues, "by which new trains of ideas are formed, and new scenes of imagery displayed, as in the Rape of the Lock ; or extrinsic embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as in the Essay...
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...that has the advantage of me, and he may fill up the blank as he please»." Judge Tage probably owed er event» arc formed, and new scenes of imagery displayed, as in the ' Rape of the Lock;' and by which...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...party-coloured, neither original nor translated, neither ancient Dor modern.* Pope bad, in proportion! -`] extrinsic and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as...
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Works, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pages
...generally uncouth and party-coloured, neither original nor translated, neither ancient nor modem.* Pope had, in proportions very nicely adjusted to each...displayed, as in the "Rape of the Lock ;" and by which extrinsic and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as...
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Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...generally uncouth and party-coloured ; neither original nor translated, neither ancient nor modern*. Pope had, in proportions very nicely adjusted to each...trains of events are formed, and new scenes of imagery dis* In one of these poems is a couplet, to which belongs a story related by the reverend Dr. Ridley:...
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The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1842 - 318 pages
...disappeared like unimpregnated blossoms, flowery but fruitless. It is said by Johnson of Pope, that " He had in proportions, very nicely adjusted to each other,...events are formed, and new scenes of imagery displayed ; he had Imagination, which strongly impresses on the writer's mind, and enables him to convey to the...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...pleases." Judge Page probably owed Pope had, in proportions very nicely adjusted to each other, ill the qualities that constitute genius He had Invention,...displayed, as in the ' Rape of the Lock;' and by which extrinsic and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...generally uncouth and particoloured; neither original nor translated, neither ancient nor modern.* Pope had, in proportions very nicely adjusted to each...displayed, as in the Rape of the Lock ; and by which extrinsic and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as...
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