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" Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It... "
The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ... - Page xxx
by Alexander Pope - 1836 - 442 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 25

Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 624 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority mud, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not < to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a litlle, becaule Dryden had more; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be 'allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of...
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prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets

samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL

Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...energy which collect, combines, amplifies, and animates; the fupctiority mull, with fome hefi:ation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had, more; for every other writer, lince Milton, mull give place to Pope; and even of...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...energy which collecls, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefi* tation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other writer fmce Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope; and even of Dryden...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the.fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more ; for every other writer fince Milton muft give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1793 - 738 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome heiitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more; for every other writer lince IVlilton muft give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the fuperiority mutt, with fome heGtation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, becaufe Dryden had more, for every other writer Cnce Milton mutl give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...
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