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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. "
prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets - Page 268
by samuel johnson - 1781
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A Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language

Louis F. Klipstein - Anglo-Saxon language - 1848 - 262 pages
...reverence. . JOHNSON. 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 u not to be interred that of this...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is eold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Drydeu. It is not to be inferred, that of this...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...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 collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...by the roller. Of genins, that power which constitutes a poet, that quality without which jndgment 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 is not to be inferred that of his poetical...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1851 - 790 pages
...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...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...diligence of Pope. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which col-lects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet, that quality without which jndgment is oold, and knowledge is inert, that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of his poetical...
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National Series of Selections for Reading; Adapted to the Standing ..., Volume 4

Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...roller. 12. 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. 13. It is not to be inferred that of...
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts ...

William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...the roller. 8. 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 must not be inferred, that of this...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...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...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; — the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this...
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