... 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
| 1860 - 784 pages
...inferred that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other k upon the worst man in Chelmsford gaol with a more favorable eye than upon , who claims a s has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems." He concludes this brilliant comparison in the following... | |
| Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 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 - 1861 - 468 pages
...inferred, tnat of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Drydea 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 - 1863 - 788 pages
...other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryaen 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 >vithout consideration, and published without correction. What his... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 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. 10. Drydcn's performances were always hasty, Cither... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...writer since 25 Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must bo said, that it' he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's...hasty, — either excited by some external occasion, jr extorted by some do30 mestic necessity. He composed without consideration, and published without... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1863 - 470 pages
...give place to Pope : and even of Dryden it nmst be said, that If he has brighter paragraphs, be bas not better poems. Dryden's performances were always...excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity; he composed without consideration, and published without correction. What his mind... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryaen 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... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 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... | |
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