 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 418 pages
...comprehenfive fpeculation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge 6 c: of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry...did not borrow his .profe from his predeceflbr. The flyle of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform ; Dryden obeys the motions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...comprehenfive fpeculation, and thofeof Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry...profe ; but Pope did not borrow his profe from his predeceffor. The ftyle of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform ; Dryden... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...fpeculation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Diyden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry was not...profe ; but Pope "did not borrow his profe from his -predeceffor. for. The ftyle of Dryden is capricious an< varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...comprehenfive fpe* culation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry...not the fole praife of either ; for both excelled lifcewife in profe ; but Pope did fiot borrow his profe from his pfredeceffor. The ftyle of D1y den... | |
 | Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...comprehenfive fpeculation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. ' Poetry was not the fole praife of cither; for hoth excelled litewife in profe; bui Pope did not borrow his profe from his prtdeceiTjr.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 504 pages
...comprehenfive fpeculation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry...either ; for both excelled likewife in profe ; but Pope 4id not borrow his profe from his predeceffor. The ftyle of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...comprehenfive fpeculation ; and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry...borrow his profe from his predeceflbr. The ftyle of Dryd.cn is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform ; Dryden obeys the motions of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...comprehenfive fpeculation ; and thofe of Pope by minute attention* There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry...profe ; but Pope did not borrow his profe from his predeceflbri The ftyle of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform ; Dryden... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...comprehenfive fpeculation ; and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry...profe ; but Pope did not borrow his profe from his predecefibr* The ftyle of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform; Dryden... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Drvden, and more ccminty in that of Pope. " Poetry was not the fole praife of either; for both excelled likewife in prole ; but Pope did not borrow his prole from his predeccflor. The Ityle of Dryden is capricious and... | |
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Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. * Poetry was not the... 
