 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pages
...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. c2 dant vegetation ; Pope's is a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gcnttfc Drydcn's iat quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pages
...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... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...Diyden is capricious and varied' ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of bis own mind' ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules...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 - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...attention. 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...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 - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to the rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement...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,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mmd ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition....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 pages
...stvle of Dryden is capricious and varied : thnt ot Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden ob« serves the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his...diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope'« is a vclvi t lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - English language - 1841 - 290 pages
...style of Dry den is capricious and varied ; — that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind : Pope constrains his...rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform and gentle. " 248. Climax, * called also Gradation, or amplification by steps, consists of a series of sentences,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden ob. serves the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his...constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment ie cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the... | |
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Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. 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... 
