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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 Young Ladies' Reader: Containing Rules, Observations, and Exercises and ...

William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 pages
...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the nights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If...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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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 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...longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brip'htcr, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and...
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Two Lectures on the Poetry of Pope, and on His Own Travels in America ...

George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1851 - 54 pages
...contrast which he draws between Dryden and Pope, he thus sums it up,— " If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing; if of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope is the heat more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that stndy might produce or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fires the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant, Dryden often surpasses...
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Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades : Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 512 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...is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls belo-w it. Dryden is read with freouent...
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National Series of Selections for Reading; Adapted to the Standing ..., Volume 4

Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 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...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 annals of Yorkshire, Volume 2

Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 pages
...masterly contrast which he draws between Dryden and Pope, he thus sums it up,— "If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing; if of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope is the heat more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls...
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Contemporary Criticisms of Dr. Samuel Johnson, His Works, and His Biographers

John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 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...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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Contemporary Criticisms of Dr. Samuel Johnson, His Works, and His Biographers

John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 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...fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is THE ESSAY ON MAN 265 more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never...
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Contemporary Criticisms of Dr. Samuel Johnson, His Works, and His Biographers

John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pages
...produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer 011 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 read with frequent...
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