 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 strani
...uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rifing into inequalities, and diverfified^by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's...-.>+ •' .' ;,..-..- . Of 'genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement ^s cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 strani
...vehement and rapid ; Pope is always fmooth, uniform, and gentle, Dryden's page is a natural field, rifing into inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance...velvet lawn, fhaven by the fcythe, and levelled , by :tlje roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 strani
...field, rifing into inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegeration ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, fhaven by the fcythe, and...levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conflitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement is cold and knowledge is inert; that energy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 strani
...vehement and rdpid ; Pope is always fmooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rifing into inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance...of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, maven by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet; that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 strani
...and rapid j Pope is always fmooth, uni-* form, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rifmg into inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawnj fhaven by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 strani
...vehement and rapid ; Pope is always fmooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rifing into inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance...vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, fhaven by the fey the, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 strani
...varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform ; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope conftraihs his mind to his own rules of compofition. Dryden is...levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftirutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy... | |
 | 1793 - 738 strani
...fmooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, riling into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, ¿haven by the fcythc, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which conftitutcs a poet... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 strani
...fmooth, uciforra, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, Hung into inequalities, and diverûfied by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, thavcn by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. 4 " Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 strani
...inequalities, and diverfified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, (haven by the. fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius,...which conftitutes a poet-, that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects* combines, amplifies, and animates... | |
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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... 
