...diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power...that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and f animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be * allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred,...

...is a natural firld, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. _ Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet ; that quality, without which, judgment is cold,...

...materials of art, and gives life to its slumbering elements ; " that quality, without which j udgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates;" and of which if they attempt to possess themselves by dishonest violence, the vulture and the rock...

...above criticism by bringing several authorities, beginning with Dr. Johnson himself. Pope's [page] is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. — Lives of the Poets. " Through the velvet leaves the wind All unseen 'gan passage find." Love's...

...diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaver by (he sithe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; A" quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge1* inert ; that energy which collects, combines,...

...is a natural field , rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the...constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment la cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the...

...is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. — Dryden's performances, were always hasty ; either excited by some external occasion, or extorted...

...is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by Hie varied exuberance of abundant ght attract regard, and enforce reverence. Who can...that this amiable woman has4 no name in the venes ? aod knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority...

...is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wmg. If of Dryden's fire, the blaze...

...answering to, and bringing out, some new and striking quality in nature." Johnson speaks of it, as " that power which constitutes a poet, that quality,...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates." We leave the reader to make his choice between the four, avowing that we ourselves are not satisfied...