 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pages
...vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality, without...must, 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 402 pages
...by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which...must, 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;... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without...must, 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;... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without...must, with some hesitation, be -allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this 3 «6 THE AMERICAN [Lesson 7. poetical vigour Pope had only... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet ; that quality, without which,...must, 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... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1823 - 1256 pages
...III. JOHNSON. Ofgen'ms, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality. without which judgment ** cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects,...must, 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... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1823 - 580 pages
...image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence. CHAP. III. JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge it inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, •/./,/ animates ; the superiority must,... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...devoted to useful purposes, should be honoured and encouraged, wherever it is found. This divine power, " without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert;...which collects, combines, amplifies and animates," whether possessed by a poet, who, like SHAKSPEARE or MILTON, soars aloft into the regions of fancy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pages
...vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without...must, 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... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. *!„,* Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without...must, 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... | |
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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. 
