 | John Dryden - 1713 - 614 strani
...and the Age in which he liv'd, allow'd him; Homer's Invention was more1 Virgil's more confin'd : So that if Homer had not led the Way, it was not in Virgil to have begun Hcroick Poetry: For, nothing can be more evident, than that the Roman Poem is but the Second Part of... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 526 strani
...invention was more copious, Virgil's more confined : fo that if Homer had not led the way, it was not ii Virgil to have begun heroic poetry : for, nothing...can be more evident, than that the Roman poem is but die fecond part of the ! lias ; a continuation of the fame ftory : and the perfons already formed :... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 396 strani
...thoughts, and ornament of words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts, and took all the liberties berties both of numbers, and of expreffions, which his language,...ftory : and the perfons already formed: the manners of JEneas are thofe of Heftor fuperadded to thofe which Homer gave him. The Adventures of Ulyffes in the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 392 strani
...thoughts, and ornament of words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts, and took all the liberties berties both of numbers, and of expreffions, which his language,...ftory : and the perfons already formed: the manners of ./Eneas are thofe of He&or fuperadded to thofe which Homer gave hirrs. Ths Adventures of Ulyfies in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 352 strani
...are wholly different. Virgil was of a quiet, ft:tlate temper ; Homer was violent, impetuous, and fulj of fire. The chief talent of Virgil was propriety...evident, than that the Roman poem is but the fecond j>art of the Ilias; a continuation of the fame ftcry : and theperfcms already formed : :he manners... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 360 strani
...: Homer was rapid in his thoughts, and took all the liberties, both of numbers and of exprefllons, which his language, and the age in which he lived,...the Ilias ; a continuation of the fame ftory : and thepsrfons already formed : the manners of ./Eneas are thofe of Heftor fuperadded to thofe which Homer... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 strani
...was rapid in his thoughts, and took all the liberties, both of numbers and of expreffions, which hie language, and the age in which he lived, allowed him...the Ilias; a continuation of the fame ftory : and theperfons already formed: the manners of JEnezs are thofe of Heftor fuperadded to thofe which Homer... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 356 strani
...age in which he lived, allowed him : Homer's invention was more copious, Virgil's more confined : fa that if Homer had not led the way, it was not in Virgil...nothing can be more evident, than that the Roman poem is hut the fecond part of the Ilias ; a continuation of the fame ftory : and the perfons already formed... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 352 strani
...found, by trial, Homer a more pleafing tafk than Virgil (though I ray not the tranflation will be lefs laborious): for the Grecian is more according to my...ftory: and the perfons already formed: the manners of JEneas ate thofe of Hector fuperadded to thofe which Homer gave him. The Adventures of Ulyfies in theOdyffeis... | |
 | 1793 - 806 strani
...confined : fo that if Homer had not led the way, it »и not in Virgil to have be^un heroic poetry : fir nothing can be more evident, than that the Roman poem is but the fécond part of Ilia« ; a continuation of the fame ftory : and the perfons already formed : the manners... | |
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Homer was rapid in his thoughts, and took all the liberties, both of numbers and of expressions, which his language, and the age in which he lived, allowed him. Homer's invention was more copious, Virgil's more confined; so that if Homer had not led the... 
