 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 pages
...definition will only ftiew the narrownefs of the definer, dcfiaer, though a definition which {hall exclude , Pope will not eafily be made. Let us look...let their productions be examined, and their claims (luted, and the pretenfions of Pope will be no more difputcd. Had he given the world only his verfion,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...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 decreed the wreath of poetry; let their prodnc tions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretension of Pof* will be no more disputed.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...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...let their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version,... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present lime, and back upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath...let their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version,the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...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...let their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed." I remember once to have heard Johnson... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pages
...exclude Pope wili 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 ; Jet their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...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...let their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope wiH be no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...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...let their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...not easily be 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...let their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...not easily be 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...let their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. Hud he given the world only his version,... | |
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To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the 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... 
