| George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - Страниц: 52
...the close of the masterly contrast which he draws between Dryden and Pope, he thus sums it up, — " If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues...wing ; if of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope is the heat more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1850 - Страниц: 510
...supply. If the flights of Dryden there"ore arc higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Drydeu's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dry* dco often surpasses expectation, and Pope never \ falb below it. Dryden i« read with frequent... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1851 - Страниц: 442
...vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. If the nights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the...Dryden is read with frequent astonishment ; and Pope witli perpetual delight. I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1851 - Страниц: 472
...accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If...and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with freanent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight. This parallel will, I hope, where it is well... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - Страниц: 790
...concludes this brilliant comparison in the following words. " If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing ; if...expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read wilh frequent astonishment, and Pope svith perpetual delight."* We now insert the sequel of the preceding... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - Страниц: 616
...the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fires the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more...frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight. This parallel will, I hope, when it is well considered, be found just; and if the reader should suspect... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1851 - Страниц: 468
...accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dry-den, therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If...more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses exportation, mid Pope never falls be-low it. Dryden is read with freouent astonishment, and Pope with... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - Страниц: 764
...supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope wntinoes longer on the wing. If of Dryden'e ila *ith frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual dtlijtht. This parallel will, I hope, when it is... | |
| David Daiches - 1979 - Страниц: 336
...accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher. Pope continues longer on the wing. If...frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight. Something has been said of Johnson's view of Gray in the discussion of that poet in Chapter 17. His... | |
| Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - 1981 - Страниц: 274
...greatest poets: "The flights of Dryden therefore are higher, but Pope continues longer on the wing. Of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is regular and constant." Of Genius, that power which constitutes a Poet, that quality without which judgement... | |
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