 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...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Էջ 464խմբագրել է - 1806Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1835 - 312 էջ
...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...no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version, the name of poet must have been allowed him : if the writer of the Iliad were to class his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 էջ
...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... | |
 | 1835 - 838 էջ
...Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found? Let us look round on the present time, and bark on the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind...the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed. A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 էջ
...Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? Let as look round on the present time, and hack on the past; let us Inquire to whom the voice of mankind...their claims stated ; and the pretensions of Pope wili \n no more disputed.— A thonnand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 էջ
...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...poetry; let their productions be examined, and their clairns stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed." 1 remember once to have heard... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 էջ
...definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, ere proud Athena rears her towery head, With opening...well-known seats ; And to Erectheus' sacred dome retreats. version, the name of poet must have been allowed him: if the writer of the ' Iliad* were to class his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 էջ
...which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and bark ic, and therefore version, the name of poet must have been allowed him ; if the writer of the " Iliad" were to class... | |
 | 1838 - 530 էջ
...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...no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version, the name of poet must have been allowed him : if the writer of the Iliad were to class his... | |
 | Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 էջ
...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...no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version, the name of poet must have been allowed him : if the writer of the Iliad were to class his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 էջ
...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...no more disputed. Had he given the world only his version, the name of poet must have been allowed him : if the writer of the Iliad were to class his... | |
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