 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 - Seite 467von Sharon Turner - 1807 - 499 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 - 1805 - 534 Seiten
...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 - 1808 - 564 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 - 1810 - 536 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 - 1810 - 494 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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