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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 Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
1781
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A class-book of elocution

J H. Aitken - Elocution - 1853 - 378 pages
...energy which collects, combines, Amplifies, and dnimates — the superiority must, with sbme hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigour Pdpe had only a little, because Dryden had mdre : for every bther writer since Milton must give place...
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The popular educator, Volumes 5-6; Volume 8

Popular educator - 1854 - 922 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and 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 writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...which collects, combines, amplifies, and 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 writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The Class-book of Etymology: Designed to Promote Precision in the Use, and ...

James Lynd - English language - 1854 - 350 pages
...combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dry den. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only a little, because Dry den had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ,- and even...
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The Works of Alexander Pope ...

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and 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 writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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The Popular Educator, Volume 5

1856 - 428 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and 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 lUtle, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and...
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Exercises on Words: Designed as a Course of Practice on the Rudiments of ...

William Russell - English language - 1856 - 240 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority 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 ; for every other writer since Milton must give...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority 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; for every other writer since Milton must give...
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Progressive Exercises in Rhetorical Reading ...

Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and 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 writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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Principles of Elocution

Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and 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 writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of...
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