 Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.  Essays in Criticism: Third Series - Page 48by Matthew Arnold - 1910 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...:tlje roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 522 pages
...;,..-..- . Of 'genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement ^s cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; 'the fuperiority muft, with fomehefitation, <be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 504 pages
...by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement is cold and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fomehefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet; that quality without which judgement is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...by the roller. Of genius, that power which conftirutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the.fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1789 - 614 pages
...accidentally determined 10 fome particular direction .•" and tlfewhere he fKlcs genius " that quality, without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; always inveftigating, always ai pi ring; in its widcft fearches Hill longing to go forward, always... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1789 - 482 pages
...accidentally determined to fome particular direc" tion:" and elfewhere he ftiles Genius " that ** quality, without which judgment is cold, and *' knowledge is...which collects, *' combines, amplifies, and animates ; always in" veftigating, always afpiring ; in its wideft fearches, " ftill longing to go forward,... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...fcythc, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which conftitutcs a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert;...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome heiitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...fcythe, and levelled by the roller. 4 " Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet, that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the fuperiority mutt, with fome heGtation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...edit. 1783; in which "the superiority of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert...collects, combines, amplifies and animates ;" — is, " with some hesitation," attributed to Dryden. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. NUMBER I. DRYDEN'S PATENT. Pat.... | |
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