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" Then, Sir, what is poetry ? ' JOHNSON. ' Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is. "
Life of Johnson - Page 26
by James Boswell - 1904
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The Monthly repository (and review)., Volume 11

1816 - 828 pages
...his guide, philotopkeratidfriend."Wby, Sir," answered Johnson, " it is much easier to say •n hat it is not. We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is." To hazard a definition of Poetry, after such a judgment, might be presumptuous: let us satisfy ourselves...
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 11

1816 - 802 pages
...is Poetry ?" inquired Boswell* of his guide, philotopher and friend. "Why, Sir," answered Johnson, " it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know...what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it a." To hazard a definition of Poetry, after such a judgment, might be presumptuous: let us satisfy...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man muy do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack towered above the common mark. Boswell. Then, Sir,...is poetry? Johnson. Why, Sir, it is much easier to my what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is not esey to tell what it is. OD Friday, April...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1820 - 520 pages
...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack* towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir,...light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is." > * A noted highwayman, who after having been several times tried and acquitted, was at last hanged....
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - 1820 - 384 pages
...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, sir,...light is, but it is not easy to tell what it is." No. ,IV. POETS. BOSWELL. " You have read Gibber's Apology, sir?" JOHNSON. "Yes, it is very entertaining;...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, sir,...sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all hnow what light is, but it is not ea.«y to tell what it is." No. IV. POETS. BOSWELL. " You have read...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 3

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack' towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, sir,...light is; but it is not easy to tell what it is." I introduced Aristotle's doctrine in his "Art of Poetry," of "the x«9af<n; rtuv Tta.8ytj.a.Tuir,ihe...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 16

1821 - 372 pages
...and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack lowered above the common mark." BOSW^IL. " Then, sir, what is poetry }" JOHNSON. " Why, sir,...know what light is, but it is not easy to tell what h is." No. IV. POETS. BOSWELI.. " You have read Cibber's Apology, sir?" JOHNSON. " Yes, it is very...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - 1822 - 458 pages
...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack l towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir,...Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all knozv what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is." On Friday, April 12, I dined with him...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1824 - 438 pages
...if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack' towered above the comrpon mark." BOSWELL : " Then Sir, what is poetry ?" JOHNSON...what it is." On Friday, April 12, I dined with him atour friend Tom Davies's, where we met Mr. Cradock, of Leicestershire, authour of " Zobeide," a tragedy...
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