 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...than by askng in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is x>etry to be found? To circumscribe po;try by a definition, will only show the narrowness of...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; let... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 pages
...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 circumscribe poetry by a definition,...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 ;... | |
 | Biography - 1853 - 530 pages
...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 circumscribe poetry by a definition...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 ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...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 circumscribe poetry by a definition...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 ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...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...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 ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1861 - 660 pages
...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 circumscribe poetry by a definition...definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be mado. Let us look round upon the 381 The meeting points the sacred bair dissever From the f;m- head,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1866 - 654 pages
...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 circumscribe poetry by a definition...will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the *•> The meeting points the sacred hair dbiever From the fair head, for ever and for ever. Canto UL... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...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...made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let [us] enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...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...made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let [us] enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...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...made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past; let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ;... | |
| |
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? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only... 
