It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture which is so forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads him. The Iliad of Homer: Books I-XII - Page iiby Homer - 1825Full view - About this book
| 1797 - 618 pages
...of his pieces, affects not our minds with such strong emotions as we feel from Homer and Milton ; so that no man, of a true poetical spirit, is master of himself while he reads them. Hence he is a writer fit for universal perusal, and of general utility ; adapted to all ages... | |
| 1797 - 616 pages
...pieces, affects not our minds \vith such strong emotions as we feel from Homer and Milton ; so tint no man, of a true poetical spirit, is master of himself while he reads them. Hence he is a writer fit for universal perusal, and of general utility; adapted to all ages and... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...perusal of him affects not our minds with such strong emotions as we feel from Homer and Milton ; so that no man of a true poetical spirit, is master of himself while he reads them. Hence, he is a writer fit for universal perusal ; adapted to all ages and stations ; for the... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 472 pages
...others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only hecause they are over-run and oppressed by those of a stronger nature. It is to the strength of this amazing Invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, which is so forcible in Homer, that no ra;m of a true poetical... | |
| Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are over-run and opprest by those of a stronger nature. It is to the strength of this amaaing Invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture which is so forcible in Homer,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are over-run and opprest by those of a stronger nature. It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapti re, rtich is so forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...this amazing invention we arc to attribute that unequalled fire and raptare, «hieb, is so forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads hint What he writes, is of the most animating nature imaginable ; every thing moves, every thing lives,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...t3 perfection or maturity, it is only because they are over-run and opprest by those of a stronger It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and raptare, a so forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 322 pages
...v. z through an uniform and bounded walk of Art, than to comprehend the vast and various extent of Nature. It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, which is so forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical... | |
| 1813 - 352 pages
...others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature. It is to the strength of this amazing invention -we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture which is to forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical... | |
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