 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1871 - 468 pages
...predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautions and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. "Of genins,—that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge... | |
 | American literature - 1872 - 660 pages
...prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied : that of Pope is cautions and uniform. Dryden observes the motions of his own...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Indiana - 1872 - 382 pages
...JOHNSON. 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...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...observes the motions of his own mind: Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Diyden is sometimes vehement and rapid: Pope is always smooth,...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1873 - 614 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...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. 9. Of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet — that quality without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 pages
...rules of composition. Dryden is somotimoa vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, (uul gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into...vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the ^ scythe, anil levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which... | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood - English language - 1899 - 456 pages
...is sometimes vehement and rapid; FIGURES. 87 Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dry den's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and leveled by the roller. Johnson. VI. ALLUSION. Allusion is a reference to some familiar event in history... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - American essays - 1900 - 462 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...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet, that quality without which judgment... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1902 - 532 pages
...— MACACLAY. You began with betraying the people : you conclude with betraying the king. — JONIUS. 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 wing. If of Dryden's fire... | |
 | George Earle Merkley - English language - 1902 - 336 pages
...vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning things anew. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. EXEEGISE 143. In the examples given above, tell what things are contrasted, and state whether there... | |
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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... 
