 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 Lectures of Dr. Blair - Page 101de Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1838 - 360 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...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...machines, Homer seems, like his own Jupiter in his tenor, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and tiring the heavens ; Virgil, like the same power... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...pours out nis riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. When we look upon their machines. Homer seems like...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 - 1845 - 454 pages
...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 s:\me power in his benevolence, counselling with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 566 pages
...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. But after all, it is with great parts as with great virtues,... | |
 | 1848 - 460 pages
...arrangement, and the perfect conformity of the figures he uses to his purpose. Behold the one, "like hiß own Jupiter in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens!" See the other, as he gradually progresses in his strength, grandenr, and heauty! Both are read with... | |
 | Homer - 1849 - 582 pages
...appears undisturbed in the midst of the action ; disposes all about Mm, 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. But, after all, it is with great parts as with great virtues,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 pages
...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 machines, Homer seems, like his own Jupiler in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens ; Virgil,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1850 - 466 pages
...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... | |
 | Homer, Alexander Pope - 1851 - 562 pages
...of the action; disposes all about him, and conquers with tranquillity. And when we look upon then: machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter in his...counselling with the gods, laying plans for empires, and regularly ordering his whole creation. But, after all, it is with great parts as with great virtues,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...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... | |
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