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. The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ... - Page 171793Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 624 pages
...genius, that power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality, •without which judgment is cold and1 knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority mud, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not < to be inferred that of this poetical vigour... | |
| 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...amplifies, and animates; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only... | |
| 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,...amplifies, and animates ; 'the fuperiority muft, with fomehefitation, <be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...roller. Of genius, that power which conftitutes a poet; that quality without which judgement is cold arid 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 this poetical vigour Pope had only... | |
| 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...amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fomehefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had... | |
| 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...amplifies, and animates ; the fuperiority muft, with fome hefitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical vigour Pope had only... | |
| 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...power which conftitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgement is Cold, and knowledge is inert j 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 this poetical vigour Pope had only... | |
| William Belsham - Great Britain - 1789 - 482 pages
...powers, " accidentally determined to fome particular direc" tion:" and elfewhere he ftiles Genius " that ** quality, without which judgment is cold, and...which collects, *' combines, amplifies, and animates ; always in" veftigating, always afpiring ; in its wideft fearches, " ftill longing to go forward,... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1789 - 614 pages
...p nvers, accidentally determined 10 fome particular direction .•" and tlfewhere he fKlcs genius " that quality, without which judgment is cold, and...which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; always inveftigating, always ai pi ring; in its widcft fearches Hill longing to go forward, always... | |
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