 ... is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates;- the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical...  Lives - Page 560edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...other writer since Milton must give plare to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's...excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity; he composed without consideration, and published without correction. What his mind... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 pages
...inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty; either excited... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1857 - 470 pages
...Inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope: and even of Dryden it must be said, that If he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
 | Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dry den's performances were always hasty, either... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...inferred that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...inferred that of his poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's...excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without consideration, and published without correction. What his... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not betterpoems. Dry den's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every othey writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not betterpoems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
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