| 1821 - 510 pages
...me," so he might have commended Pope without detracting from the merits of Shakspeare or Milton. ' I shall not presume to say that Pope is as high a...Sophia's) that Socrates was a greater man than Mahomet.' This, we presume, in plain language, means that Pope may be ranked with either of these great bards.... | |
| 1821 - 526 pages
..." the maker," " the creator." Why must this mean the " liar,'' the " feigner," the " tale teller r" A man may make and create better things than these....is as high a poet as Shakspeare and Milton, though nis enemy, Warton, places him immediately under them. I would no more say this than I would as-:'Ti... | |
| 1821 - 732 pages
...the controversy — into which he has plunged, we think, with far less energy than precipitation. " I shall not presume to say that Pope is as high a poet as Shskspeare and Milton, though his enemy, Warton, places him immediately under them. I would no more... | |
| Samuel Bailey - 1823 - 424 pages
...because it does that in verse, which the greatest of men have wished to accomplish in prose." — " I shall not presume to say, that Pope is as high a poet as Shakespeare and Milton, though his enemy, Warton, places him immediately under them. I would no more... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...sense, «the maker,» • the creator»— why must this mean the » liar,» the « feigner,» the Male teller?» A man may make and create better things...I would assert in the mosque (once Saint Sophia's) thai Socrates was a greater man than Mahomet. But if I say that he is very near them, it is no more... | |
| George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...'the maker,' ' the creator' — why must this mean the ' liar,' the ' feigner,' the ' tale-teller ?' A man may make and create better things than these....a poet as Shakspeare and Milton, though his enemy, Wharton, places him immediately under .them. I would no more say this than I would assert. in the mosque... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 pages
...feigner,» « the tale.teller ?» A man may make and ereate hetter things than these. I shall not presnme to say that Pope is as high a poet as Shakspeare and Milton, thonglt his enemy, VVarton, places him immediately nnder them. I wonld no more say this than I wonld... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 440 pages
..." the maker" " the creator," — why must this mean the " liar," the " feigner," the "tale-teller?" A man may make and create better things than these....places him immediately under them.* I would no more * If the opinions cited by Mr. Bowles, of Dr. Johnson against Pope, are to be taken as decisive authority,... | |
| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 356 pages
...transitions." — " I shall not presume to say," observes Byron, in his controversy with Bowles, " that Pope is as high a poet as Shakspeare and Milton,...say this than I would assert in the mosque — once St. Sophia's— that Socrates was a greater man than Mahomet. But if I say that he is very near them,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 446 pages
..." the maker" " the creator," — why must this mean the " liar," the " feigner," the "tale-teller?" A man may make and create better things than these....places him immediately under them.* I would no more * If the opinions cited by Mr. Bowles, of Dr. Johnson against Pope, are to be taken as decisive authority,... | |
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