... 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 poetical... Lives - Page 560edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even...without correction. What his mind could supply at cfall, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1807 - 498 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer si-ice Milton must give place to Pope : and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. From the preceding instances we may form an idea... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pages
...inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope : and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be saidj that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's...consideration, and published without correction. What hiĀ§ mind could supply at call, or gather in one excurr sion, was all that he sought, and all that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...the roller. 3 / , Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's...excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without consideration, and published without correction. What his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...inferred, that, of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. l?ryden's performances were always hasty, e1ther... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...inferred, that of this poetical vigor, Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, be has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty ; either... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 pages
...inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that ' if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.' Dryden's performances were always hasty ; either... | |
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