What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce,... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 252by Samuel Johnson - 1840Full view - About this book
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - Readers - 1844 - 444 pages
...Dryden's fire 20 Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occ&sion, or extorted by domestic necessity; he composed without...in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all 30 the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and c6nstant. Dryden often surpasses expectation,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by some domestic necessity ; he composed without consideration,...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore, are higher,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...correction. Whal his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he nought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...always hasty, either excited by some external occasion or extorted by domestic necessity ; he compose:! without consideration, and published without correction....of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to mul:iply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he ha* not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, cither excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, waa all that he sought, and all that he trave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by some domestic necessity ; he composed without consideration,...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that stndy might produce or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestie necessity ; he composed without consideration, and...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that ho sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...corrcition. What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he eought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,... | |
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