 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...done their best, and what shall be added will be the efibrt of tedious toil and needless curiosity. After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer...Whether Pope was a poet? otherwise than by asking in retmn, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found'? To circumscribe poetry by a definition... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...poetical fame, by demonstratng his excellence, and pronouncing the folowing triumphant eulogium: — "After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Wheth er Pope was a poet? otherwise than by askng in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is x>etry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...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 once been asked, Whether Pope waa a poet? otherwise than by asking, in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...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...To circumscribe poetry by a definition, will only show the narrowness of the dcfiner; though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 pages
...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... | |
 | 1853 - 530 pages
...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 - 1854 - 344 pages
...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...? 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 - 1861 - 660 pages
...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 that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pages
...may venture to assign him a place next to Milton, and just above Dryden. — Warton, "Essay on Pope." 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 - 1873 - 620 pages
...poetical fame by demonstrating his excellence, and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium : 'Afur all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question...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... | |
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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? 
