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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,... "
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ... - Page 172
by Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 503 pages
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...ex • celled likewise in prose : But Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope...: Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ! Pope constrains his mind to his- own rules of composition. — Dryden is sometimes vehement and fapid ;...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 410 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is 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. Dryden...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...prose: But Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of .Dryden is capricious au'l 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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose : but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is 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. Dryden...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose : but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is 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. Dryden...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose: But Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied.; that of Pope is cautious and uniform : Drydcn obeys the motions o'f his own mind : Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition....
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope ii 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...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is...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...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope...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...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...both excelled likewise in prose : Bat Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope...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...
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