 | 1793 - 738 σελίδες
...lawn, ¿haven by the fcythc, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which conftitutcs a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold,...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome heiitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 σελίδες
...lawn, thavcn by the fcythe, and levelled by the roller. 4 " Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet, that quality without which judgment is cold,...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the fuperiority mutt, with fome heGtation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 σελίδες
...Drydcn and Pope, in the Life of the latter poet, pp. 166 — 171, edit. 1783; in which "the superiority of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet;...energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates ;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S PATENT.... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 608 σελίδες
...Dryden and Pope, in the Life of the latter poet, pp. 166 — 171, edit. 1783; in which "the superiority of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet;...which collects, combines, amplifies and animates;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S PATENT.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 σελίδες
...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, sbaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes...is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collect;, combines, amplifies, and anirrrates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 σελίδες
...the Life of the latter poet, pp. 166—171, c <Iit. 1783; in which "the superiority of genius,—that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without...that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates;"—is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Drydcn. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. . \ NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 σελίδες
...velvet lawn, (haven by the. fcythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet-, that quality without which judgment is cold,...collects* combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fupetiority muft, with-fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred thafof his poetical... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 σελίδες
...levelled by the roller. Of geniu?, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without V hich judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy...Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1805 - 534 σελίδες
...conllitution was preferved with decent reverence. JOHNsON. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority mujt, with fume hcfitation, be allowed to Dryden. // is not to be inferred that of this... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1807 - 498 σελίδες
...wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution teas preserved with- decent reverence. • JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that...Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer si-ice Milton must give... | |
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Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. 
