 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pages
...metal, of lower value though of greater bulk. In this, and in all his other eflays on the fame fubject, the criticifm of Dryden is the criticifm of a poet;...author proves his right of judgement, by his power pf performance. The 174 DRYD % 'fr. The different manner and efFeft with which critical knowledge may... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pages
...of lo ver ;value though of greater bulk. In this, and in all his other eflays on the fame fubjecl:, the criticifm of Dryden is the criticifm of a poet; not a dull collection of theorems, nor a rude _detedtion of faults, which perhaps the ccnfor was not able to have committed ; but a gay and vigorous... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...to have committed; but a gay and vigorous diflertation, where delight is mingled with inftructibn, and where the author proves his right of judgement,...his power of performance. The different manner and effed with which critical knowledge may be conveyed, was perhaps never more clearly exemplified than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 pages
...metal, of lower value though of greater bulk. In this, and in all his other efiays on the fame fubject, the criticifm of Dryden is the criticifm of a poet;...not able to have committed ; but a gay and vigorous diflertation, where delight is mingled with inftruction, and where the author proves his right of judgement,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 pages
...and in all his other effays on the fame fubject, the criticifm of Dryden is the criticifm of a poetj not a dull collection of theorems, nor a rude detection...able to have committed •, but a gay and vigorous differtation, where delight is mingled with inftruction, and where the author proves his right of judgement,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 484 pages
....greater bulk. .* In this, and in all his other efTays on the feme fubject, the criticifm of Dryden is.the .criticifm of a poet; not a dull collection "of theorems,...detection of faults, which perhaps the cenfor was not able ts have committed ; but a gay and vigorous difiertation, where delight is mingled with inftruction,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 pages
...!have committed ; but a gay and vigorous 'diflertation, where delight is mingled with iriftruction, and where the author proves "his right of judgement,...his power of "performance. The different manner and effect with which critical knowledge may be conveyed, was perhaps never more clearly exemplified than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...lower value though of greater bulk. In this, and in all his other eflays on the fame fub- 2 1 je6t, the criticifm of Dryden is the criticifm of a poet;...not able to have committed ; but a gay and vigorous diflertation, where delight is mingled with inftruction, and where the author proves his right of judgement,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...value though of greater bulk. In this, and in all his other eflays on the fame fubject, the criticifhi of Dryden is the criticifm of a poet; not a dull collection...not able to have committed; but a gay and vigorous diflertation, where delight is mingled with inftruction, and where the author proves his right of judgement,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...metal, of lower value though of greater bulk. In this, and in all his other eflays on the fame fubjcft, the criticifm of Dryden is the criticifm of a poet ; not a dull collection of theorems, nor a rude deteftion of faults, which perhaps the cenfor was not able to have committed ; but a gay and vigorous... | |
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Dryden is the criticism of •a poet ; not a dull collection of theorems, nor a rude detection of faults, which perhaps the censor was not able to have committed ; but a gay and vigorous dissertation, where delight is mingled with instruction, and where... 
