 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. When we look up on their... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty : Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence: Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a boundless overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a gentle and constant stream. When we behold... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majestv : Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows reat Nature spoke ; observant men obey'd ; Cities were built, soeieties were ma boundless overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a gentle and constant stream. When we... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty: Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence : Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a boundless overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a gentle and constant stream. When we behold... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence : Homer, like the Nile, pours out his richrs with a boundless overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a gentle and constant stream. When we behold their battles, methinks the two poets resemble the heroes they celebrate:... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty : Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence : Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a boundless overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a gentle and constant stream. When we behold... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty: Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence: Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a boundless overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a gentle and constant stream. When we behold... | |
 | John Mitchell Bonnell - English language - 1867 - 360 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty". Homer scatters with a generous profusion'; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence'. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow'; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream". 19. Can Honor's voice... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English language - 1869 - 418 pages
...Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. 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... | |
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Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist. In one we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty... 
