 | Daniel Defoe - 1790 - Liczba stron: 500
...Dryden's; and his argument, be* ing in fupport of the better caufe, is perhaps fuperior in flrength: but in the Jure Di-vino we look in. vain for The varying verfe, the full-refounding line, The long majeftic march, and energy divine. Our author was foon after... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - Liczba stron: 714
...more than a dilatation of the praise given it by Pope: Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. Some improvements had beeh already made in English numbers; but the full force of our language was... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - Liczba stron: 424
...on the end of the second, and the falling on the last. Waller was smooth, but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. : to join 1 ine, i. ivine. J This rule, however, from the various sense of the triplet, is liable to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - Liczba stron: 288
...foe, 265 Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join 1 The varying verse, the full resounding line, > The long majestic march, and energy divine; } Though still some traces of our rustic vein, VJQ And splay-foot verse remain'd, and will remain.... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - Liczba stron: 484
...famous triplet descriptive of Drydeu's versification : Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line. The long majestic march, and energy divine. have gained for me. Let the French and Italians value themselves on their regularity; strength and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - Liczba stron: 702
...a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learu'd to flow. Waller was smooth; but Dryde.n taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line. The long majestic march, and energy divine: Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splayfoot verse rcmain'd, and will remain* Late, very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 452
...more than a dilatation of the praise given it by Pope. Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. Some improvements had been already made in English numbers ; but the full force of our language was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - Liczba stron: 366
...sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet: Waller was smooth : but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. Here are the swiftness of the rapid race, and the march of slow-paced majesty, exhibited by the same... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1817 - Liczba stron: 572
...make rule* for themselves: who lived, ht a word, before " Waller was smooth; and Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine." In his " Variations," indeed, if Mr. Moore would have more frequently favoured us with the noble Alexandrine,... | |
 | 1817 - Liczba stron: 576
...rules for themselves : who lived, in a word, before " Waller was smooth ; and Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine." In his " Variations," indeed, if Mr. Moore would more frequently favoured us with the noble Alexandrine,... | |
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doubtless honester than Dryden's ; and his argument being in support of the better cause, is perhaps superior in strength. But in the 'Jure Divino,' we look in vain for 'The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy... 
