 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 страници
...to anfwer the queftion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwife than by afkirig in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only fhew the narrownefs of the definer, though- a definition... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 страници
...to anfwer the queftion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwife than by afking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only mew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 страници
...to anfwer the queftion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwife than by afking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only fhew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 страници
...to aniV>er the queflion that has once been aiked,. Whether Pope was a poet? otherwife than by afking in return. If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only fhew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 страници
...to anfwer the queftion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet; otherwife than by afking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circurhfcribe poetry by a definition will only fhew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 страници
...to anfwer the queftion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet; otherwife than by afking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only mew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 страници
...to anfwer the queftion that has once "been afked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwife than by afking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition, will only fhew the narrownefs of the definer ; though a definition... | |
 | 1794 - 918 страници
...ioOicthing by the term different from the general acceptation. " If Pope be not a poet," fays Dr. Johnfun, " where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition, will only ftmw the nirrownefs of the definer, though a definition which ihall exclude Pope, will not eafiiy be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 страници
...to anfwer the quefhbn that has once been afked, whether Pope 'was a poet ? otherwife than by afking in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found t To circumfcribe poetry by a defmition will only fhow the narrownefs of the defmer, though a definition... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 страници
...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... | |
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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? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only... 
