 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
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 410 pages
...velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold,...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...the roller. ' Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet, that quality without which judgement is 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 of this... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold...Collects, combines, amplifies and animates— the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that «f this... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...genius is a mind of great mental powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction:—that quality, without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines^amplifies, and animate« ; always loves' tigating ; always aspiring ; in its widest researches... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold,...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold,...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet } that quality, without which judgment is cold...energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates — thesuperioritymust,with some hesitation* be allowed to Dryden It is not to be inferred, that of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 pages
...by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgement is 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 of this... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...lawn, shaven by the scythe, anil levelled by the roller. Of genius — that power that constitutes a poet ! that ..quality, without which, judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; thut energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates — the superiority must, with some... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pages
...velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality, without which judgment is cold,...collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this... | |
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