| Hugh Blair - 1807 - 406 Seiten
...most admire *' the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a " commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive " majesty. Homer,...look upon their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupi" ter, in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, " and firing the heavens ; Virgil,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1807 - 290 Seiten
...one, we must admire the man 5 in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer...like a river in its banks, with a constant stream." — Periods thus constructed, when introduced with propriety, and net returning too often, have a sensible... | |
| Homerus - 1807 - 568 Seiten
...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...Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a boundless overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a gentle and constant stream. When we behold... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 472 Seiten
...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, Virgil hestows with a careful magnificence : Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a boundless overflow... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 Seiten
...vork. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive maji'S'y. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil...like a river in its banks, with a constant stream." — 1'eriods thus constructed, when introduced with propriety, and not returning too often, have a... | |
| Homerus - 1808 - 574 Seiten
...admire the man, in the other the work: Homer hurries and trausports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty: Homer scatters with a generous profusion, Virgil hestows with a careful mapnifictnce : Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a houndless overflow... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...with a commanding " impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive maj" esty. Holder scatters wkh a generous profusion ; " Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, " like the Nile, ,ppurs out Lis riches with a sudden " overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a " constant... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1809 - 330 Seiten
...we' most admire the man ; in (he other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer...Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sndden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its bauks, with a constant stream."— Periods thus constructed,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1809 - 352 Seiten
...inflames his crimes." Better thus: " A friend exaggerates, a man's virtues; an enemy, his crimes." careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours...his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a rive» jn its banks, with a constant stream."—Periods thus constructed, when, introduced with propriety,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1809 - 346 Seiten
...one, we most 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 a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with «* careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil,... | |
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