 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 sivua
...minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is coM, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 sivua
...attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope." Again : " Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abun* See Murphy's " Essay on the Genius of Dr. Johnson." t Ibid. dant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 sivua
...Dryden observes the motions of his own mi ml ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. oud torrents, rushing down, Hiss in the flaming gulf of Acheron ; And where gcnttfc Drydcn's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 sivua
...Dryden obeys the motions of bis own mind' ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid' ; Pope is...natural field rising into inequalities, and diversified hy the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation' ; Pope's is a velvet lawn shaven by the scythe, and... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 sivua
...Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wmg. If of Dryden's fire, the blaze... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 sivua
...uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to the rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shorn by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. RULE V, Negative sentences, or members of sentences,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 sivua
...Dryden observes the motions of his own mind j Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dry. den's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 sivua
...Dryden obeys the motions of his own mmd ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wmg. If of Dryden's fire, the blaze... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 sivua
...ob« serves the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. h wer J ; Pope'« is a vclvi t lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - 1841 - 290 sivua
...Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind : Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform and gentle. " 248. Climax, * called also Gradation, or amplification by steps, consists of a series of sentences,... | |
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The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform ; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform,... 
