...should undertake the author to whom he has given (in hia excellent Essay] so complete a praise 6 : Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all...to read, And Homer will be all the books you need. 8 In former editions it followed, " as I wish for the sake of the world, he had prevented me in the...

...human kind ! Nature's whole strength united ! endless fame, And universal shouts attend their name ! ' ear, And draw her home with music. Ja. I'm never merry when I hear sweet mnsic. Had Bossu never writ, the world had still, Like Indians, view'd this wondrous piece of skill ; As something...

...human kind ! Niture's whole strength united ! endless fame, And universal shouts attend their name ! nd field ; Of Vtrs« will seem prose ; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need. Had Bossu...

...undertake the / author to whom he has given (in his excellent Essay) so complete a praise : > " Bead Homer once, and you can read no more ; • For all...Halifax was one of the first to favour me, of whom it is ' J hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...

...human kind ! Nature's whole strength unit«! ! endless fame, And universal shouts attend their name ! ambers Had Bossu never writ, the world had still, Like Indians, view'd this wondrous piece of skill; As something...

...work of Homer, the great Grecian bard, might be appropriately said of the Bible— " Read God's word once and you can read no more; For all books else appear so mean—so poor, Verse will seem prose—but still persist to read ; And God's word " will be all the...

...appear FO mean, so poor. Verse will &it>m prose: but still persist (o read, And II oilier will be nil the books you need: That the earl of Halifax was one of the firet to favour me, of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing...

...evacuation and abasement of corporal nature, to make man fearful of his lusts. AN ESSAY ON POETRY. " Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all...else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose." Yes, such verse as your Grace's. HN Coleridge has well observed, that the same class of fastidious...

...actors, of those heroic ages. Considering all his excellences, if we can not say with another — " Read Homer once, and you can read no more — For...to read, And Homer will be all the books you need ; " we can at least say that "he stands, by prescription, alone and aloof, on Parnassus, where it is...

...for October, 184S, what follows : The Duke of Buckingham thus eulogizes the prince of Epic poets : Read Homer once, and you can read no more, For all books else appear so-mean, so poor. Vene shall seem prose ; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books...