 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden observes the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition....shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. *!„,* Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 pages
...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....vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven /' [by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. r Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 pages
...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....vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that / quality... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...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....vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...that of Pope is cautious and uniform : Drydeh obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains hi? mind to his own rules of composition. — Dryden is...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural firld, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...vehement and rapid ; Pope is always sroootk, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, risre into inequalities, and 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"... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden observes the motions of his own mind; ; Who mourn 'd her lord twice ten revolving years,...navy lost) Once more 'twas given the e tu hehold Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge... | |
 | 1826 - 434 pages
...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....shaven 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...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....shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. «Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality, without which judgment is cold, and... | |
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The style 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 rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform,... 
