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" If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ... - Page 107
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...supply. If the flights of Dryden thereore are higher, Pope continues longer on th« ing. If of Drydcn's ave been stimulated to attempt some Dunciad ! since in the opinion constant. Dryden ofU'-u surpasses expectation, and Popo never falls Iwlow it. Drydcn is read with frequent...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...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 is brighter; of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls be!6w it. Dryden is read with frequent...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Dryden

Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 pages
...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope...wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1834 - 486 pages
...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, Are higher, Pope...wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls...
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Works: Life and Letters, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pages
...paragraphs, he has not better poems." He concludes this brilliant comparison in the following words. " If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope...is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1835 - 370 pages
...paragraphs, he has not better poems." He concludes this brilliant comparison in the following words. " If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope...is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent...
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Life and works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pages
...paragraphs, he has not better poems." He concludes this brilliant comparison in the following words. " If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope...is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent...
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. rails hehind. And thrice, Patroclus ! round thy monument...Hector dragg'd, then hurried to the tent. There sleep constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never fall» below it. Dryderi is read with...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...sentiments, to multiply his images, and 'to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. nd a few single incidents are set against the general tenor of behaviour. No man, however Dryden'B fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often...
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Works, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pages
...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope...Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the tieat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below...
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