| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...velvet lawn, sbaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without •which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collect;, combines, amplifies, and anirrrates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed... | |
| 1800 - 624 páginas
...knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Of genius, that power which conftitutés a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collecb, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hcfitation, be allowed... | |
| 1800 - 620 páginas
...knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which colleéb, combines, amplifies, and animales ; the fuperiority muft, with forne hefitation, be allowed... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 606 páginas
...superiority of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cofd and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates ;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. L . APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DEYDEN'S... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1805 - 534 páginas
...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 páginas
...constitution teas preserved with- decent reverence. • JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold...little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer si-ice Milton must give place to Pope : and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter... | |
| 1808 - 408 páginas
...judgment is coKl and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and anhinlrs; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden It is not to be infei i id that of this poetical rigour Pope had only a liltiu, because Drydeu had more ; for every... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 páginas
...by the roller, Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgpient is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which...with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is npt to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ;... | |
| John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton - 1811 - 642 páginas
...poet, thould be read ; in which " the fuperiority of genius, that power which conftitutes a pott ; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates;" IK, " with fome hefitatiou," attributed to Dryden. " He profefled to have leamed his poetry from Dryden,... | |
| John Dryden - 1811 - 582 páginas
...latter poet, Ihould be read , in which " the fuperiority of genius, that power which conliitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collect, combines, amplifies, and animates;" is, " with foine hefitation," attributed to Dryden. "... | |
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