 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 Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal1781Snippet view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...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, Pope...longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brip'htcr, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...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, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fires the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant, Dryden often surpasses... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1851 - 54 pages
...contrast which he draws between Dryden and Pope, he thus sums it up,— " If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the 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... | |
 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 pages
...masterly contrast which he draws between Dryden and Pope, he thus sums it up,— "If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the 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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 pages
...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chanco might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If the blaze of Dryden's fire is brighter, the heat of Pope's is more regular and constant. Dryden often... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1855 - 338 pages
...admirable Life of Pope, in drawing a comparison between him and Dry den, says, " If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the 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... | |
 | 1856 - 428 pages
...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply1. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope...longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is irighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant, iryden often surpasses expectation, and... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1856 - 640 pages
...contrast which he draws between Dryden and Pope, he thus sums it up : — " If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the 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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...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, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fires the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...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, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dry den's tire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often... | |
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