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 rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.... The Life of John Dyrden - Página 397por Walter Scott - 1882Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment ie cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the... | |
| James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 páginas
...sorrow to delight us. 4 Of genius—that power which constitutes a poet 1 Comedy of Errors. 2 Ibid. that quality, without which judgment is cold, and...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates. l Because they know the world, and are at ease, And, being natural, naturally please.' I love the language,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid, Pope i is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's scvthe, and levelled Ъу the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet, that quality... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation : Pope's is a 10 velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 páginas
...position, Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and pentlo. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a vrlv< t lawn, shaven by the scythe, and love-lie:! by tin- rciller. Of genius, that power which constitutes... | |
| Salem Town - 1847 - 420 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field rising into inequalities,...exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet hwn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Exercise 5. — To Illustrate Rule 5, page 31.... | |
| 1847 - 508 páginas
...SECTION V. — 1. Give the derivations of the words printed in italics in the following sentence : — Genius ! That power which constitutes a poet ; that...quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates. 2. Define the terms " ellipsis"... | |
| Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1847 - 606 páginas
...2M2 SECTION V. 1. Give the derivations of the words printed in italics in the following sentence: — Genius! That power which constitutes a. poet; that...quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge inert; that energy which colleets, combines, amplifies, and animates. 2. Define the terms " ellipsis"... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and leveled by the roller. a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 páginas
...composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities,...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... | |
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