...and sound judgment. Cowper, in one of his letters, professes his adherence to it. He says of Pope, " Never, I believe, were such talents and such drudgery...almost peculiar to himself. His faults are numberless, but so are his beauties." (2) Integrity, rectitude. Neither of these words is used appropriately here....

...are correct ; but Pope was, in this respect, exempted from the common lot of authors of that class. With the unwearied application of a plodding Flemish...believe, were such talents and such drudgery united.' -Jt must not be hence inferred that every line written by Pope is as perfect as it should be, or may...

...are correct; but Pope was, in this respect, exempted from the common lot of authors of that class. With the unwearied application of a plodding Flemish...believe, were such talents and such drudgery united.' It must not be hence inferred that every line written by Pope is as perfect as it should be, or may...

...that indefinable something we call Genius. " But I admire Dryden most [he had been speaking of Pope], who has succeeded by mere dint of genius, and in spite of a laziness and a carelessness almost peculiar to himself. His faults are numberless, and so are his beauties. His...

...that indefinable something we call Genius. " But I admire Dryden most [he had been speaking of Pope], who has succeeded by mere dint of genius, and in spite of a laziness and a carelessness almost peculiar to himself. His faults are numberless, and so are his beauties. His...

...Johnson's remarks on Dryden and Pope, Cowper agreed in the main. In respect to the latter he says, " With the unwearied application of a plodding Flemish...laziness and carelessness almost peculiar to himself." On Prior he considered the Doctor had been too severe. As for historians, he admired Robertson, but...

...are correct ; but Pope was, in this respect, exempted from the common lot of authors of that class. With the unwearied application of a plodding Flemish...almost peculiar to himself. His faults are numberless, but so are his beauties. His faults are those of a great man, and his beauties are such (at least sometimes),...

...that indefinable something we call Genius. " But I admire Dryden most [he had been speaking of Pope] , who has succeeded by mere dint of genius, and in spite of a laziness and a carelessness almost peculiar to himself. His faults are numberless, and so are his beauties. His...

...are correct; but Pope was, in this respect, exempted from the common lot of authors of that class. With the unwearied application of a plodding Flemish...almost peculiar to himself. His faults are numberless, but so are his beauties. His faults are those of a great man, and his beauties are such (at least sometimes),...

...are correct; but Pope was, in this respect, exempted from the common lot of authors of that class. With the unwearied application of a plodding Flemish...believe, were such talents and such drudgery united"'). Bezeichnend ist auch der nun folgende Vergleich mit Dryden. „1 admire Dryden most, who has succeeded...