 Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified...  The Works of Alexander Pope ... - الصفحة 61بواسطة Alexander Pope - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 504عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 442
...and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the nights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...and rapid, Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. His declaration, that his care for his works ceased at their publication, was not strictly true. His... | |
 | Salem Town - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Exercise 5. — To Illustrate Rule 5, page 31. Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. 12. Of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet, that quality without... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 344
...and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and leveled by the roller. 8. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 512
...rapid ; Pope is always smooth, jmiform, and gentle._ Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Ofjjenins, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge... | |
 | James Lynd - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 350
...abandoned. JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without \vhichjudgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which...superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dry den. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dry... | |
 | Popular educator - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 922
...diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sythe and levelled by the roller. - . Of genius, that power...quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inc'rt ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with... | |
 | 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...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... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 240
...and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance...Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
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