 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...poet, where is poetry to be found? To circumscribe pot 11 by a definition will only shew the nlrrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look rooM upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ; otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to bs found? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 páginas
....it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, whether Pope was a poet! otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found!' To urcumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the deftner, though a definition... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 páginas
...it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ; otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not...? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 páginas
...be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Lei us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 páginas
...it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not...To circumscribe poetry by a definition, will only shew the narrowness of the definer; though a definition which shall exclude Pope wili not easily be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 páginas
...it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet? otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not...To circumscribe poetry by a definition, will only shew the narrowness of the definer; though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 páginas
...it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet f otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not...narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall ex^ elude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 páginas
...it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ; otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not...? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 páginas
...question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ; otherwise than by asking in re, turn, if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found...? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be... | |
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After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found... 
