 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 234 pages
...have treated this great poet with candor have attributed this defect to the times in which he lived. It was the fault of the age, and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments which now appears in 10 the works of men of a much inferior genius. Besides,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 236 pages
...have treated this great poet with candor have attributed this defect to the times in which he lived. It was the fault of the age, and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments which now appears in 10 the works of men of a much inferior genius. Besides,... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 314 pages
...have treated this great Poet with Candour, have attributed this Defect to the Times in which he lived, It was the Fault of the Age, and not of 'Homer, if there wants that Deli* cacy in some of his Sentiments, which appears in the Works of Men of a much inferior Genius.... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 406 pages
...was the fault of the age, and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments, which appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius. Besides, if there 1 Bossu ('Treatise of the Epic Poem,' Book vi. ch. 3) says: ' We are apt to smile... | |
 | Edmund David Jones - 1922 - 522 pages
...was the fault of the age, and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments, which appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius. Besides, if there are blemishes in any particular thoughts, there is an infinite beauty in the greatest... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 292 pages
...have treated this great Poet with Candour, have attributed this Defect to the Times in which he lived. It was the Fault of the Age, and not of Homer, if there wants that Delicacy in some of his Sentiments, which now appears in the Works of Men of a much inferior Genius. Besides, if... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1961 - 278 pages
...have treated this great poet with candour, have attributed this defect to the times in which he lived. It was the fault of the age and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments, which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius. Besides, if... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 278 pages
...have treated this great poet with candour, have attributed this defect to the times in which he lived. It was the fault of the age and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments, which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius. Besides, if... | |
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Odyssey, though at the same time those who have treated this great poet with candour, have attributed this defect to the times in which he lived. It was the fault of the age, and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments, which... 
