...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...

...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...

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...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack* towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir,...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....

...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, sir,...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;...

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...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack' towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, sir,...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...

...and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack lowered above the common mark." BOSW^IL. " Then, sir, what is poetry }" JOHNSON. " Why, sir,...know what light is, but it is not easy to tell what h is." No. IV. POETS. BOSWELI.. " You have read Cibber's Apology, sir?" JOHNSON. " Yes, it is very...

...men in general cannot do if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack l towered above the common mark." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir,...Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all knozv what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is." On Friday, April 12, I dined with him...

...if they would, and what every man may do if he would. Sixteen-string Jack' towered above the comrpon mark." BOSWELL : " Then Sir, what is poetry ?" JOHNSON...what it is." On Friday, April 12, I dined with him atour friend Tom Davies's, where we met Mr. Cradock, of Leicestershire, authour of " Zobeide," a tragedy...