 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation, Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the icjthe, and levelled m w W \ # rه jm R ? { G} k˗ x E'= Ŀٶ{ } n q ...?{ y o ~ M l Z n | G u iO{ }ꮿ ͻ*/ combino, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must, *ith some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1852 - 578 pages
...of wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence. JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that...Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope htid only a VOL.11. CC (.'HAP. little, because Dryilen had more; for every other writer... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. 12. Of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet,...must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. 13. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1852 - 530 pages
...genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold and hnowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies,...Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a VOL. II. CO CHAP. little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 344 pages
...of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and leveled by the roller. 8. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that...must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It must not be inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes...Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more, for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 512 pages
...vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Ofjjenins, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality...with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not "to"be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for... | |
 | James Lynd - 1854 - 350 pages
...abandoned. JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without \vhichjudgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which...superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dry den. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dry... | |
 | Popular educator - 1854 - 922 pages
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sythe and levelled by the roller. - . Of genius, that power which constitutes...quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inc'rt ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with... | |
 | 1856 - 428 pages
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the eythe and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes...Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a lUtle, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
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Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. 
