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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? "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 350
by James Boswell - 1791 - 516 pages
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...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 show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition...
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The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on ..., Volume 12

Charles George Herbermann - 1913 - 880 pages
...metre; and he replies to the question that had been raised, as to whether Pope was a poet, by asking in return : If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found? To treat this subject fully would lead to a discussion of two very vexed questions, namely what poetry...
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Hazlitt on English Literature: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature

William Hazlitt - 1913 - 646 pages
...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 shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition...
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An Introduction to the Study of Literature

William Henry Hudson - 1913 - 484 pages
...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 show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition...
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The Salon and English Letters: Chapters on the Interrelations of Literature ...

Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1915 - 328 pages
...more elaborate, is usually less satisfying. He is at his best when he is most crisp and dogmatic : ' If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ?' 'Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.' ' His page,' he says...
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Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1916 - 370 pages
...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 show the narrowness of the definer; though a definition...
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A Study in the Thought of Addison, Johnson and Burke

Lilian Beeson Brownfield - 1904 - 160 pages
...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 show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition,...
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Shelburne Essays: With the wits

Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 336 pages
...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 show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition...
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With the Wits: Shelburne Essays, Tenth Series, Volume 10

Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 336 pages
...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 show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition...
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With the Wits: Shelburne Essays, Tenth Series, Volume 10

Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 334 pages
...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 show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition...
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