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" that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet ; otherwife than by afking in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only fhew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition which "
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on ... - Page 188
by Samuel Johnson - 1806
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 408 pages
...tedious toil and needlefs curiofiry. After all this, it is furely fuperfluous to anfwer. the queilion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet...a definition will only fhew the narrownefs of the defir.er, though a definition which fhall exclude Pope will not eafily be made. Let us look round upon...
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Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...tedious toil and needlefs curiofity. After all this, it is furely fuperfluous to anfwer the queftion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet...? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only ihew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition which fliall exclude Pope will not eafily be...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL

Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...anfwer the queflion that ha. ,-vce been aOted, Whether Pope was a poet i otherwilie than by afkirg in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry...found? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only thew the narrownefs of the definer, though a defir.ition which (hall exclude Pope will not eafily be...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volumes 64-65

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1781 - 590 pages
...qtieflioa that has once been aiked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by af-vinjr in retern, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only ftiew the narrowoef» of the definer, though a definition...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 418 pages
...tedious toil and ceedlefs curiofity. After all this, it is furely fuperfluous to anfwer the queftion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwife than by afkirig in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...tedious toil and needlefs curiofity. After all this, it is furely fuperfluous to anfwer the queftion that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet;...Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circurhfcribe poetry by a definition will only fhew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 5

English poets - 1790 - 354 pages
...curiofity. After all this, it is furely fuperfluous to anfwer the queftion that has once been afeedi Whether Pope was a poet; otherwife than by afking...circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only fhew the narrowne' 5 of the definer, though a definition which fhall exclude Pope will not eaJvVj \>t vaa&s.....
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Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1797 - 278 pages
...feldom laboured in vain." " After ' " After all this, it is furely fuperfluous to anfwer the quefhbn that has once been afked, whether Pope 'was a poet...if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found t To circumfcribe poetry by a defmition will only fhow the narrownefs of the defmer, though a definition...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 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 bs found? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the r.lrrowness of the definer, though...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 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 bs found? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though...
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