 | Homerus - 1720 - 382 pages
...invention, Virgil has in judgment. jttot that we are to think Hmtr wanted judgment,. bccauic becatjfe r/rg// had it in a more eminent degree; or that Virgil wanted invention, becaufe Homer poffeft a larger fliare of it: Each of thefe great authors had more of both than perhaps any man befides,... | |
 | 1750 - 374 pages
...compared with Homer, and the Merits of thofe Poets frequently canvafled. No Author, or Man, ever excelled all the World in more than one Faculty, and as Homer...Degree ; or that Virgil wanted Invention, becaufe Homer poflefled a larger Share of it. Each of thefe great Authors had more of both perhaps than any Man befides,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 368 pages
...him, and in '-proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man ever excelled all the world in more than one faculty ; and as Homer...degree ; or that Virgil wanted invention, becaufe Homer poffeft a larger fhare of it : Each of thefe great authors had more of both than perhaps any man befides,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 382 pages
...degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man ever excelled all the world in more than oae faculty ; and as Homer has done this in invention,...degree ; or that Virgil wanted invention, becaufe Homer pofleft a larger fhare of it : Each of thefe great authors had more of both than perhaps any man befides,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 438 pages
...Homer has done this in invention, Virgil has L~. judgment. Not that we are to think Homer wam• ed judgment, becaufe Virgil had it in a more eminent degree ; or that Virgil wanted invention, bccaufe Homer pofleft a larger fhare of it : Each v : thefe great authors had more of both than perhjrany... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 344 pages
...confider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No man or author ever excelled all the world in more than one faculty ; and as Homer...degree ; or that Virgil wanted invention, becaufe Homer pofleft a larger fhare of it : Each of thefe great authors had more of both than perhaps any man befides,... | |
 | Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton - 1763 - 268 pages
...fubjeiSl is comprehended in the following excellent words of Pope. No author or man, ever excelled all the world, in more than one faculty, and as Homer...degree ; or that Virgil wanted invention becaufe Homer poffefieJ alargerfhare of it : each of thefe great authors had more of both i.han perhaps any man befides,... | |
 | Edward Harwood - 1778 - 412 pages
...corrrpared withHemer, and the Merits of thefe Poets frequently canvaffed. No Author, or Man, ever excelled all the World in more than one Faculty, and as Homer...think Homer wanted Judgment, becaufe Virgil had it in % more eminent Degree ; or that Virgil wanted Invention, becaufe Homer pofTeffed a larger Share of... | |
 | Virgil - 1778 - 526 pages
...fubject is comprehended in the following excellent words of Pope: " No author or man, ever excelled all the world, in more than one faculty, and as Homer...in judgment. Not that we are to think Homer wanted jadgment becaufe Virgil had it in a more eminent degree ; or that Virgil wanted invention becaufe Homer... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 448 pages
...him, and in proportion to his degree in that \ve are to admire him. No author or man ever excelled all the world in more than one faculty; and as Homer has done this in invention, Virgil has in ludgment* Not that we are to think Homer wanted judgment, becaufe Virgil had it in a more eminent degree;... | |
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We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and distinguishing excellence of each: it is in that we are to consider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man... 
