 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pages
...lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which constitutes q. poet; that quality, without which judgment is cold,...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality •without which judg-. fiii-iit is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...by the roller, Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgpient is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which...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 ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 pages
...the roller. ' Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet, that quality without which judgement is cold and .knowledge is inert, that energy which...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...is the velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet ; that quality, without which judgment...allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that «f this poetical vigor, Pope had only a little.because Dryden had more ; for every other writer, since... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 pages
...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...combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority roust, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that, of this poetical... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...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...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... | |
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Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. 
