| Walter Scott - 1834 - 486 páginas
...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...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. 1 [" Addison was so eager to be the first name, that he and his friend Sir... | |
| 1834 - 500 páginas
...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...vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe and levelled by the roller. ©f genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without... | |
| Henry Innes (teacher of elocution) - 1834 - 550 páginas
...it cautious and uniform^. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind'; Pope constrains his mind to his rules of composition\ Dryden is sometimes vehement...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller^. RULE 4. The First, or introductory part of a sentence, or direct period, should... | |
| Walter Scott - 1834 - 534 páginas
...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...always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is anatural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation;... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 páginas
...Dryden is capricious and varied; that ol Pope is cautious and. uniform. Dryden obeys the motions ol his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own...abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by (he scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 372 páginas
...attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope." Again : " Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abun* See Murphy's " Essay on the Genius of Dr. Johnson." tlbid. c2 dant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 370 páginas
...attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope." Again : " Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abun* See Murphy's " Essay OB the Genius of Dr. Johnson." t Ibid. C2 dant vegetation ; Pope's is a... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 506 páginas
...motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mmd to bis own rules of composition. Dryden is sometime* vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural ¿eld, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 382 páginas
...attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.'' Again : " Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abun* See Murphy's " Essay on the Genius of Dr. Johnson." t Ibid. dant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 602 páginas
...attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope." Again : " Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always...inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abun• See Murphy's " Essay on the Genius of Dr. Johnson." t Ibid. c2 dant vegetation ; Pope's is... | |
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