 | John Walker - Elocution - 1822 - 404 pages
...following passage, from Pope's preface to his Homer, beautifully exemplifies the rule we are now giving. " 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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...one wo most admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commandiug impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty : Homer scatters with a generons profosion ; virgil bestows with a careful magnificence: Homer, like the Nile, pours out his... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1823 - 458 pages
...following passage from Mr Pope's Preface to his Homer, fully exemplifies the rule I am now giving : " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil " the better artist : in the one we must admire the " man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us " with a commanding impetuosity ;... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...following passage from Pope's preface to his Homer,, beautifully exemplifies the rule we are now giving. " 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 314 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...hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads cs with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a . generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1824 - 510 pages
...the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist : in the one, we most admire the man ; in the •Mlier. the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity...Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, Kke the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1824 - 554 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...other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuousity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 518 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...have less in comparison with one another. Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In О and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty : Homer... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1825 - 270 pages
...following passage from Pope's Preface to his Homer, fully exemplifies the rule just niven: "Homer w«s the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist : in...bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the ?Jile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow: Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant... | |
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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,... 
