 It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture which is so forcible in Homer that no man of a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads him.  The Works of Alexander Pope - Seite 369von Alexander Pope - 1822Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 Seiten
...that rapture and fire which carries you away with him, with that wonderful force, that no man who has a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads him. Homer makes you interested and concerned before you are aware, all at once, whereas Virgil does it... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...that rapture and fire which carries you away with him, with that wonderful force, that no man who has a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads him. Homer makes you interested and concerned before you are aware, all at once, whereas Virgil does it... | |
 | 1813 - 352 Seiten
...perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature. It is to the strength of this amazing invention -we...attribute that unequalled fire and rapture which is to forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads him.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 Seiten
...perfection or maturity, it is only because they are over- run and opprcst by those of a stronger nature. It is to the strength of this amazing invention we...himself while he reads him. What he writes, is of the mo»tx\mated nature imaginable ; every thiffj moves, eveiy thing lives, and is put in action. If a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 Seiten
...that rapture and fire, which carries you away with him, with that wonderful force, that no man who has a true poetical spirit is master of himself, while he reads him. Homer makes you interested and concerned before you are aware, all at once, whereas Virgil does it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 Seiten
...that rapture and fire, which carries you away with him, with that wonderful force, that no man who has a true poetical spirit is master of himself, while he reads him. Homer makes you interested and concerned before you are aware, all at once, whereas Virgil does it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 Seiten
...that rapture and fire, which carries you away with him, with that wonderful force, that no man who has a true poetical spirit is master of himself, while he reads him. Homer makes you interested and concerned before you are aware, all at once, whereas Virgil does it... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 Seiten
...of his pieces, affects not our minds with such strong emotions as we feel from Homer and Milton ; so that no man, of a true poetical spirit, is master of himself while he reads them. Hence he is a writer fit for universal perusal, and of general utility ; adapted to all ages... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 Seiten
...perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature. . It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequaled fire and rapture which is so forcible in Homer,'that no man of a true poetical spirit is... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 Seiten
...that rapture and fire, which carries you away with him, with that wonderful force, that no man who has a true poetical spirit is master of himself, while he reads him. Homer makes you interested and concerned before you are aware, all at once, whereas Virgil does it... | |
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