 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...round ! upon the present time, and back upon the put : let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind hni decreed the wreath of poetry; let their productions be examined, and their chums stated, and the pretension« of Pope will be no шип disputed.' gone, 437 shall appear another... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...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...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed." I remember once to have heard Johnson say, " Sir, a thousand Cor. et Ad. — Line z8: For " apotheosis... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...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...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 - 1879 - 510 pages
...poet's particular case of the rule before laid down that success is its own only test. ' Let us enquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed.' 8 It has been already pointed out that the same test may be applied to Johnson himself, and that, when... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 626 pages
...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 inquire to whom the...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 - 1887 - 470 pages
...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...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 - 1888 - 544 pages
...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...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 - 1889 - 570 pages
...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 inquire to whom the...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 - 1889 - 570 pages
...Pope, written down. as they were suggested to his mind in the course of his researches. — Chalmers. whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of...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 - 1889 - 540 pages
...tears from those whose eyes wander dry over the pages of professed sentimentality. — Walter Scott. whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of...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... | |
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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. Let us look round upon the present time and back upon the past; let us... 
