 | 1774 - 690 Seiten
...great profafion of learning has be«*i thrown awzy by fome critics, in comparing Homer with the heroic poets, who have fucceeded him ; but it requires very...poetry and literature, had a genius too fruitful and comprehenfu-e to let' any of the Rrjking parts of nature efcape his obfervation ; and the pnets» who... | |
 | Several Hands - 1774 - 622 Seiten
...great profufion of learning has beca thrown away by fome critics, in comparing Homer with the heroic poets, who have fucceeded him ¡ but it requires very...propriety be compared with Homer : that great father of th« Grecian poetry and literature, had a genius too fruitful and comprehenfive to let any of the ftriking... | |
 | William Jones - 1777 - 242 Seiten
...finking ; the figures bold and animated; and the diftion every where fonorous, yet noble ; polifhed, yet full of fire. A great profufion of learning has...be compared with Homer : that great father of the Grician poetry and literature, had a genius too fruitful and comprehenfive to kt any of the ftriking... | |
 | John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 Seiten
...daring way; Then Newton's system call'd the world to day; that no succeeding poet, whatever, can with propriety be compared with Homer. That great father...poetry and literature, had a genius too fruitful and comprehensive to let any of the striking parts of Nature escape his observation; and the poets who... | |
 | John Blair Linn - 1804 - 192 Seiten
...succeeded him ; but it requires very little judgment to see, that no succeeding poet, whatever, can with propriety be compared with Homer. That great father...poetry and literature, had a genius too fruitful and comprehensive to let any of the striking parts of Nature escape his observation ; and the poets who... | |
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Homer with the heroick poets, who have fucceeded him ; but it requires very little judgment to fee, that no fucceeding poet whatever can with any propriety be compared with Homer : that great father of the Grecian poetry and literature, had a genius too... 