 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 páginas
...upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined and their claims stated,...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. . — Johnson. I remember also distinctly (though I have not for this the authority of my journal)... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 páginas
...upon the past ; let [us] enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined, and their claims stated,...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed." I remember once to have heard Johnson say, " Sir, a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 páginas
...own only test. ' Let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry, let their productions be examined, and their claims stated,...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed.' 8 It has been already pointed out that the same test may be applied to Johnson himself, and that, when... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 626 páginas
...back upon the past; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry; let their productions be examined, and their claims stated,...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed." I remember once to have heard Johnson say, " Sir, a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 470 páginas
...upon the past ; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined, and their claims stated,...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed.' I remember once to have heard Johnson say, ' Sir, a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 570 páginas
...back upon the past; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined, and their claims stated,...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed." I remember once to have heard Johnson say, " Sir, a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 páginas
...examined, and their claims stated, and the pretentious of Pope will be no more disputed. Had he i-iven the world only his version, the name of poet must...Genius. The following Letter, of which the original is in the hands of Lord Hardwicke, was communicated to me by the kindness of Mr. Jodrell. " To Mr.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 páginas
...not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let us inquire r notion, that solidity is matter.— KEARNEY. Beattie...in metaphysics, than we can argue in mathematics I remember once to have heard Johnson say, " Sir, a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear... | |
 | Charles Seymour Robinson - 1893 - 598 páginas
...upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined and their claims stated,...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed." 1O6O The Latter Day Glory. LORD of all worlds, incline thy bounteous ear, Thy children's voice, in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 páginas
...back upon the past; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined, and their claims stated,...were to class his successors, he would assign a very 10 high place to his translator, without requiring any other evidence of Genius. The following letter,... | |
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... the narrowness of the definer, though a definition, which shall exclude Pope, will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry;... 
