 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller." "Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet;... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. 12. Of genius, — that power which constitutes a... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and leveled by the 8. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality... | |
 | Popular educator - 1854 - 922 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sythe and levelled by the roller. - . Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden 's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ;... | |
 | 1855 - 504 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller." These words, mutatis mutandis, will apply almost... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising inio inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - 240 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that... | |
 | 1857 - 574 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. "Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet;... | |
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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, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified... 
