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" Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion,... "
A Manual of the Art of Prose Composition: for the Use of Colleges and Schools - Page 227
by John Mitchell Bonnell - 1867 - 359 pages
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The Iliad of Homer, tr. by A. Pope

Homerus - 1808 - 574 pages
...have less in comparison with one another. Homer was the greater genins, Virgil the hetter artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work: Homer hurries and trausports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty: Homer...
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An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric

Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
...The following passage from Pope's preface to his Homer beautifully exemplifies this rule. " Honier was the greater genius ; Virgil the better " artist ; in the one. we admire the. man ; in the other " the workl Homer hurries us with a commanding " impetuosity ; Virgil...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 346 pages
...crimes." The following passage from Pope's Preface to his Homer, fully exemplifies the rule just given : " Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist:...scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with «* careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil,...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners, with an ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...crimes.1' The following passage from Pope's Preface to his Homer, fully exemplifies the rule just given : " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist: in the one, we' most admire the man ; in (he other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 790 pages
...have less in comparison with one another. Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man , in the other the work : Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil tads us with attractive majesty : Homer scatters...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Pope's Homer's ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 760 pages
...other the work : Homer hurries and transport! us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with attractive majesty : Homer scatters with a generous profusion, Virgil bestows with a artful magnificence : Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a.boundless overflow ; Virgil...
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The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets, Volume 1, Part 1

Greek literature - 1813 - 350 pages
...better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the •ther the work. Homer hurries and transport* us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us...with a careful magnificence: Homer, like the Nile, poura out his riches with a boundless overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a gentle and...
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The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets, Volume 1

English literature - 1813 - 352 pages
...have less in comparison with one another. Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty : Homer...
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An Abridgement of Lectures on Rhetoric

Hugh Blair - English language - 1813 - 296 pages
...beautifully exemplifies this rule. " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil the hetter artist ; in the one we admire the man ; in the other the work. Homer hurries us with a eommanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attraetive majesty. Homer seatters with a generous...
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Elements of English Grammar: With a Postscript, Analysis, and an Appendix

Jonathan Morgan - English language - 1814 - 298 pages
...consist of contrast. The following comparison of Homer and Virgil, by Mr. Pope, is really elegant. Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist. In the one we admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us, with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads...
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