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" 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 ii
by Homer - 1825
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

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...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 23

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...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

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...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 41

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...
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The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope

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,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

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...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

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,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Pope's Homer's ...

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...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 5

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...
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The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets, Volume 1

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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