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" 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 Six Chief Lives from Johnson's Lives of the Poets: With Macaulay's Life ... - Page 417
by Samuel Johnson - 1881 - 463 pages
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...with some hesitation.be 15 allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ;...has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. 20 Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by...
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...only a little, because Dryden had more; for every 6ther writer since Milton, must give place to P6pe; and even of Dryden it must be said that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be 25 that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...animates, the superiority must, with «ome hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred geranium. 1 Tbc Mucuarunga. I know that soul-entrancing swell, It is — it must be — Philom write r since Milton must give place to Pope; and even o~f Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ;...excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without consideration, and published without correction. What his...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; foi every other writer, since Milton, must give place...be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has nol better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion,...
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...animates, the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other wri 21* ter since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...Drydcn. It is not to be inferred that ot this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Drvdcn had more* ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even interest, he had no further solicitude. " ' ! of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has briebtcr Pope...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott...

Walter Scott - 1848 - 484 pages
...animates; the superiority must, -with some hesitation, he allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little,...excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity; he composed without consideration, and published without correction. What his mind...
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A Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language

Louis F. Klipstein - Anglo-Saxon language - 1848 - 258 pages
...must, with, sime hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. II is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for...has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. " From the preceding instances we may form an idea of the power of the Saxon language, but by no means...
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The Class-book of Etymology: Designed to Promote Precision in the Use, and ...

James Lynd - English language - 1848 - 348 pages
...animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be a/lowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little,...because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Mi/ton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs,...
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