 | 1855 - 576 pages
..." 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...shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller." These words, mutatis mutandis, will apply almost as well to Dickens and Thackeray. Yet the most beautiful... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1856 - 320 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...vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sythe, and leveled by the roller. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1856 - 420 pages
...of Pope cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the emotions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his miud to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes...velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the toller Exercise 5. — To Illustrate Rule 5, page 31. Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth... | |
 | 1856 - 428 pages
...own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden ie sometimes vehe:rent and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle....vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the eythe and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without... | |
 | Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...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...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. 779. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1857 - 470 pages
...and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of bis own mind; Pope constrains bis mind to his own rnles <>f composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid;...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. 11 Of genius,—that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...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...page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, varied by exuberant vegetation'; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and leveled by the roller*-.... | |
 | Salem Town - 1858 - 418 pages
...varied; that of Pope cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the emotions of his own mind; Pope constrams his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Exercise 5. — To Illustrate Rule 5, pngf 31. Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1861 - 468 pages
...own rules *>f composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, Uniterm, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius,—that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...The style of Dryden is ca10 pricious 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. Drydcn's page is a natural field, 15 rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance... | |
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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... 
