 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 sivua
...poetical fume, by demonstrating his excellence, and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium : — " s wilfnot easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let us inquire... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 sivua
...done their best, and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity. After all this it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has been asked, whether Pope was a poet,otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope lie not a Poet, where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 sivua
...done their best, and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity. wn to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see : 290 All discord, harmony tbnnd? To circumscribe poetry by a definition, will only show the narrowness of the dcfiner; though... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 sivua
...poetical fame, by demonstrating his excellence, and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium:—" After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 592 sivua
...poetical fame, by demonstrating his excellence, and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium : — " After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer...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... | |
 | 1835 - 542 sivua
...necessary to raise his seat. But his face was not displeasing, and his eyes animated and vivid." ..." It is surely superfluous to answer the question that...? 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 sivua
...effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity. After all this, it is surely superfluous to an«»er the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope...? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only slnw the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exdude Pope will not easily be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 sivua
...poetical fame, by demonstrating his excellence, and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium : " After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer...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... | |
 | 1835 - 312 sivua
...necessary to raise his seat. But his face was not displeasing, and his eyes animated and vivid." . . . " It is surely superfluous to answer the question that...? 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 472 sivua
...done their best, and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity. After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer...If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found 1 To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition... | |
| |
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... 
