 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; iat quality , 600 The northern winds shall wing thee on thy way. Soon shalt the supcriority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pages
...scythe, and levelled by the roller." " Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert;...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert;...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; tha superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert;...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1840 - 384 pages
...preserved n:illi decent reverence. JOHNSON. Of genius, that power, which constitutes a poet; Moi quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert;...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | Jean Frédéric Ostervald - 1840 - 244 pages
...sapientice, et cognitionis qui olim erant reconditi* — GTJASSEN, that quality, without which judgment i3 cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; always investigating; always aspiring ; in its widest researches, still longing to go forward; always... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1840 - 384 pages
...JOHNSON. Of genius, tlml power, which constitutes a poet; tAaf quality, without wA&Ajudgment is mid and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. II is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1841 - 636 pages
...preserved with decent reverence. JOHNSON. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality, without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert;...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, unth some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pages
...delight us. 4 Of genius—that power which constitutes a poet 1 Comedy of Errors. 2 Ibid. that quality, without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert;...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates. l Because they know the world, and are at ease, And, being natural, naturally please.' I love the language,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment ie cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that... | |
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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. 
