 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 446 pages
...the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily he made. Let us look around upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let...wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined, ami their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. Had he given the world... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...shall exclnde Pope will not easily he made. Let us look round upou the present time, and hack upou the past; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry; let their prodnctious he exanuned and their claims stated, and the preteusious of Pope will he no more disputed.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...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 enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...narrowness of the definer; though a definition which shall exclude Pope, wilfnot easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed." [ remember once to have heard Johnson say, " Sir, a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...narrowness of the definer, though a definition which will exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon...of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let (heir productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the prelensions of Pope will no longer... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...narrowness of the dcfiner; though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let t him by : 110 REMARKS. Ver. 76 to 101. DO more disputed. Had he given the world only his version, the name of poet must have been allowed... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 592 pages
...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 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 - 1831 - 584 pages
...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 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, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...which shall exdude Pope will not easily be mide. Let us look round upon the present time, and bark upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of...of poetry ; let their productions be examined, and tln;ir claims stated, tnd the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. Had he given the world... | |
 | Biography - 1835 - 306 pages
...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...no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version, the name of poet must have been allowed him : if the writer of the Iliad were to class his... | |
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If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. 
