 Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs he has not better poems.  The History of the Anglo-Saxons - Page 467by Sharon Turner - 1807 - 499 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every otfeet •writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he had brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he had brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Anglo-Saxons - 1805 - 534 pages
...befaict, that if he has bright fr paragraphs, be has not better poems. FROM the preceding inftances we may form an idea of the power of the Saxon language ; but by no means a juft idea ; for we muft not conclude that the words which are not Saxon could not be fupplied by Saxon... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 564 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope : and even of Dryden...has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Drydtn it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited bv some external occasion, or extorted by domestic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more: for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be saidj that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the sithe, and levelled by the roller. said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden...has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. l?ryden's performances were always hasty, e1ther excited by some external occasion, or extorted by... | |
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