 Then, Sir, what is poetry?" JOHNSON: "Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is not easy to tell what it is.  Calcutta Review - Page 11857Full view - About this book
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...common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir, what is poetry ?" JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is much eafier to fay what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is not eafy to tell what it is." On Friday, April 12, I dined with him at our friend Tom Davies's, where we... | |
 | 1816 - 828 pages
...his guide, philotopkeratidfriend."Wby, Sir," answered Johnson, " it is much easier to say •n hat it is not. We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is." To hazard a definition of Poetry, after such a judgment, might be presumptuous: let us satisfy ourselves... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 pages
...Sixteen-string Jack1 towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then Sir, what is poetry 1" JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all knmv what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is." On Friday, April 12, I dined with him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...Sixteen-string Jack ' towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir, what is poetry ? " JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not....light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is." On Friday, April 12, I dined with him at our friend Tom Davies's, where we met Mr. Cradock, of Leicestershire,... | |
 | 1816 - 802 pages
...is Poetry ?" inquired Boswell* of his guide, philotopher and friend. "Why, Sir," answered Johnson, " it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know...what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it a." To hazard a definition of Poetry, after such a judgment, might be presumptuous: let us satisfy... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...above the common mark. Boswell. Then, Sir, what is poetry? Johnson. Why, Sir, it is much easier to my what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is not esey to tell what it is. OD Friday, April 12, 1 dined with him at our friend Tom Duvies'e, where we... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 pages
...Sixteen-string Jack* towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir, what is poetry ?" JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not....light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is." > * A noted highwayman, who after having been several times tried and acquitted, was at last hanged.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 384 pages
...Sixteen-string Jack towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, sir, what is poetry ?" JOHNSON. " Why, sir, it is much easier to say what it is not....light is, but it is not easy to tell what it is." No. ,IV. POETS. BOSWELL. " You have read Gibber's Apology, sir?" JOHNSON. "Yes, it is very entertaining;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...Sixteen-string Jack towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, sir, what is poetry ?" JOHNSON. " Why, sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all hnow what light is, but it is not ea.«y to tell what it is." No. IV. POETS. BOSWELL. " You have read... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...Sixteen-string Jack' towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, sir, what is poetry ?" JOHNSON. " Why, sir, it is much easier to say what it is not....light is; but it is not easy to tell what it is." I introduced Aristotle's doctrine in his "Art of Poetry," of "the x«9af<n; rtuv Tta.8ytj.a.Tuir,ihe... | |
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