 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1854 - 244 pages
...beautifulfy exemplifies this rule. Homer was the greater genius; Virgil the better artist : in the one we admire the man ; in the other the work. Homer hurries...with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with au attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence.... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1854 - 398 pages
...or a contrast not implying preference or preponderance. Thus, "As is the beginning so is the end." "In the one we most admire the man; in the other, the work." Emphasis is called single, when a contrast is restricted to two points ; as in the following example... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1855 - 348 pages
...darkness should we grope, When the sun in heaven's resplendent cope Shines as bright as ever it shonev? 5. Homer was the greater genius' ; Virgil the better...commanding impetuosity'; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty*1. Homer scatters with a generous profusion'; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence^.... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1855 - 492 pages
...II. HOMER AND VIRGIL. BLAIR.d1. Homer was the greater genius; Virgilf the better artist: in one, wo most admire the man; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with attractive majesty. Homer scatters with generous profusion;... | |
 | James Brown - English language - 1856 - 254 pages
...to take possession of our flocks? 2. Forgiveness is the odour of the flower on which we tread. 3. " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better...profusion : Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence." Preface to Pope's Homer. That these sentences are elegant, can not be questioned. But they are not... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1856 - 320 pages
...he written on the subject of criticism, would perhaps have afforded the example of a correct one. 5. Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better Artist; in the one, we most admire the miin ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1856 - 652 pages
...following passage from Mr. Pope's preface to his Homer, fully exemplifies the rule I am now giving: 'Homer was the greate'r genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most tenure the man; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Children - 1865 - 226 pages
...pardon' ; not for sentence and execution', but for compassion and kindness'. Comparison and Contrast — Homer was the greater genius', Virgil the better artist'...we most admire the man', in the other the work'.— There were tyrants at home', and robbers abroad'. By honor' and dishonor' ; by evil report' and good... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...have leas 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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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,... 
