The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 113
... Sentiments , there are none who could have rifen up to the Greatness of others . Virgil has excelled all others in the Propriety of his Sentiments . Milton shines likewise very much in this Particular : Nor must we omit one ...
... Sentiments , there are none who could have rifen up to the Greatness of others . Virgil has excelled all others in the Propriety of his Sentiments . Milton shines likewise very much in this Particular : Nor must we omit one ...
Page 114
... Sentiments , where he is not fired by the Iliad . He every where charms and pleases us by the Force of his own Genius ; but feldom elevates and transports us where he does not fetch his Hints from Homer . MILTON's chief Talent , and ...
... Sentiments , where he is not fired by the Iliad . He every where charms and pleases us by the Force of his own Genius ; but feldom elevates and transports us where he does not fetch his Hints from Homer . MILTON's chief Talent , and ...
Page 115
... Sentiments as are unnatural or affected , but also such as are mean and vulgar . Homer has opened a great Field of Rallery to Men of more Delicacy than Greatnefs of Genius , by the Homeliness of fome of his Sentiments . But , as I have ...
... Sentiments as are unnatural or affected , but also such as are mean and vulgar . Homer has opened a great Field of Rallery to Men of more Delicacy than Greatnefs of Genius , by the Homeliness of fome of his Sentiments . But , as I have ...
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