 And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter, in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens; Virgil, like the same power, in his benevolence, counselling with the gods, laying plans for empires,...  Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: Chiefly from the Kectures of Dr. Blair - Seite 99von Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 360 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 Seiten
...with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. When we look up on their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering lightnings, and firing the heavens. Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling with... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 Seiten
...with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. When we look up on their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering lightnings, and firing the heavens. Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling with... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 512 Seiten
...with a sudden overflow-; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. When we look up on their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering lightnings, and firing the heavens. Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling with... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1854 - 244 Seiten
...scattering lightnings, and firing the houans. Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, «.ounselling with the gods, laying plans for empires, and ordering his whole creation." Periods, thus constructed, when introduced with propriety, and not top frequently repeated, have a sensible... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1854 - 504 Seiten
...with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. When we look up on their machines. Homer seems like his own Jupiter in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattermg lightnings, and firing the heavens. Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 Seiten
...Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches 'vith a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. And when we look upon their...machines, Homer seems, like his own Jupiter in his terror, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and tiring the heavens ; Virgil, like the same... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 Seiten
...appears undisturbed in the midst of the action; disposes all about him, and conquers with tranquillity. And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems...counselling with the gods, laying plans for empires, and regularly ordering his whole creation. ROBERT BLAIR. 1699—1746. Prrfiia to tht Iliad. ROBXBT Dr.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1856 - 320 Seiten
...his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.—And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems, like...; Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counseling with the gods, laying plans for empires, and ordering his whole creation. 6. Dryden knew... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1856 - 652 Seiten
...Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with i sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. And when we look upon their machines, Homer seem* like his own Jupiter, in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 416 Seiten
...Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. And when we look upon their...plans for empires, and ordering his whole creation." Though, according to some critics, this picture would have been more finished had some particular river... | |
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