 | John Dryden - 1800 - Страниц: 606
...Dryden and Pope, in the Life of the latter poet, pp. 166 — 171, edit. 1783; in which "the 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,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - Страниц: 716
...Dryden observes the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of geniu?, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without V hich judgment is cold, and knowledge... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - Страниц: 564
...Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's js a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which constitutes... | |
 | 1808 - Страниц: 408
...smooth, uniform, aud gentle. Dryden 's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and divcrsiutd by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, aud levelled by the roller. Of genii», that power which consul-îles a poet ; that quality without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Страниц: 494
...Dryden observes the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always...vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Страниц: 464
...Dryden observes the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn? I shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. 3 / , Of genius, that power which constitutes a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Страниц: 546
...and Dryden's page is a natural field, rising inter mequahtie*, and diversified by 106 LIFE OF POPE. the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's...which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgpient is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies* and animates;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Страниц: 536
...ami rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Drydtn's page is a natural field, rising inlo inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by tlie scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality... | |
 | John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton - 1811 - Страниц: 642
...poet, thould be read ; in which " the fuperiority of genius, that power which conftitutes a pott ; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates;" IK, " with fome hefitatiou," attributed to Dryden. " He profefled to have leamed his poetry from Dryden,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - Страниц: 582
...the latter poet, Ihould be read , in which " the fuperiority of genius, that power which conliitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collect, combines, amplifies, and animates;" is, " with foine hefitation," attributed to Dryden. "... | |
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The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform,... 
