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 by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe,... Works: Life and Letters - Page 18by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 pages
...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. 1 [" Addtaon wu so eager to be the flrit name, that he and bis friend Sir Richard Steele used to run... | |
| William Gray - 1835 - 122 pages
...the deeper you go you willjind it the sweeter. The last is from the sonorous and latinized Johnson. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that...must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. // is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power...quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge it inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, arj animates ; the superiority must, with... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 pages
...minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is coM, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant nd what wind to blow ? Thy fated Toad (the magic power...asks no mortal guide. Rear but the mast, the spacious iat quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant ate in the times of York and Lancaster Which side...of th forest of Shotover, a zealous papist, who d ; tha superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that... | |
| William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...page is a natural field rising into inequalities, and diversified hy the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation' ; Pope's is a velvet lawn shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. It is not boldness', but necessity, that impels them to battle. 10. When an emphatic word is contained... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...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. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wmg. If of Dryden's fire, the blaze... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...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. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wmg. If of Dryden's fire, the blaze... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1840 - 384 pages
...JOHNSON. Of genius, tlml power, which constitutes a poet; tAaf quality, without wA&Ajudgment is mid and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects,...must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. II is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had onty a littte, because Dryden had more... | |
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