 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 378 pages
...we are 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 ; Virgil le^ds us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 234 pages
...Homer, fully exemplifies the rule just given : " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the hetter artist: in the one we most admire the man ; in the other the work. Homer hnrries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer sratters... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1834 - 366 pages
...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...admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us-with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...correspondence of their sounds to what they signified. the greatest genius, Virgil the hetter mist. h ooe vity and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with attractive nnjesty : Out of all... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1837 - 242 pages
...beautifully exemplifies this rule. Homer was the greater genius; Virgfl" the better artist: in the one we admire the man ; in the other the work. Homer hurries...with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, ponrs out his riches with a sudden overflow ; VirgiL h'ke a river in its banks, with a constant stream.... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...reason and religion, — because — that is empire. 26. Homer* was the greater genius ; — Virgilf the better artist. In the one, we most admire the...bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile,j pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; — Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a... | |
 | William Cramp - 1838 - 288 pages
...latter argument. By that we are made to know, by this to believe." — CAMPBELL. Ex. — " Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist ; in the...one we most admire the man, in the other the work." — POPE. Mr. Brenan condemns the use of these convenient demonstratives, and asserts that the one... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...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 man; in the other, the work. IJomer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...have less iu 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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1840 - 874 pages
...genius, Virgil the better artist: in the one we admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hur•ies us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us...with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careless magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil,... | |
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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,... 
