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" the greater genius ; Virgil the better artist: in the " one, we most admire the man; in the other, the " work. Homer hurries us with a commanding " impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive " majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ;... "
A new grammar of the Portuguese and English languages. Pt.1, Port. Pt.2 ... - Page 131
by Luiz Francisco Midosi - 1832
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A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture ...

Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1846 - 390 pages
...with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile pours out his riches...like a river in its banks, with a constant stream. 2. I am found, said virtue, in the vale, and illuminate the mountains. I cheer the cottager at his...
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 5

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...scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens ; Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling with the Gods, laying plans for empires, and regularly...
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English Exercises: Consisting of Exercises in Parsing, Instances of False ...

Lindley Murray - 1847 - 252 pages
...with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his...like a river in its banks, with a constant stream." — Periods thus constructed, when introduced with propriety, and not returning too often, have a sensible...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 6

Methodist Episcopal Church - 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...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1835 - 320 pages
...with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches...look upon their machines, Homer seems, like his own Jupiler in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens ; Virgil,...
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Translation of the Iliad of Homer

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...scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens : Virgil, like the same power in his benevolence, counselling with the gods, laying plans for empires, and regularly...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...with an attractive majesty'. Homer scatters with a generous profusion' ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence*. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his...like a river in its banks, with a constant stream\ (4.) I did. not say a better' soldier, but an elder*. He was esteemed not for his wealth', but for...
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Progressive Exercises in English Composition

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1850 - 162 pages
...with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his...like a river in its banks, with a constant stream." Periods thus constructed, when introduced with propriety, and not returning too ofien, have a sensible...
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Murray's English Exercises ...: Revised, Prepared, and Particularly Adapted ...

Lindley Murray - 1850 - 264 pages
...profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Kile, pours out his Triches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream." — Periods thus constructed, when introduced with propriety, and not returning too often, have a sensible...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 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...
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