 | William Belsham - 1789 - 482 pages
...fome particular direc" tion:" and elfewhere he ftiles Genius " that ** quality, without which judgment is cold, and *' knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, *' combines, amplifies, and animates ; always in" veftigating, always afpiring ; in its wideft fearches, " ftill longing to go forward,... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...the roller. " Of genius, that power which conftitutcs a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which...amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome heiitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pages
...abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, thavcn by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. 4 " Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet, that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...superiority 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 ;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S PATENT.... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 608 pages
...superiority 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;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S PATENT.... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 pages
..."the superiority 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;"—is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Drydcn. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. . \ NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 pages
...exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, (haven by the. fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet-, that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects* combines, amplifies, and animates... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...superiority of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cofd and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates ;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. L . APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DEYDEN'S... | |
 | 1800 - 620 pages
...minute attention. There is more dignity in "the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which colleéb, combines, amplifies, and animales... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...by the roller. Of geniu?, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without V hich 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. It is not to be inferred that of this... | |
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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. 
