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" ... chief talent, and indeed his distinguishing excellence, lies in the sublimity of his thoughts. There are others of the moderns, who rival him in every other part of poetry ; but in the greatness of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets, both... "
The Spectator ... - Page 133
1803
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...which he has laid together in his first, second, and sixjth books. The seventh, which describes the creation of the world, is likewise wonderfully sublime,...
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The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The ...

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 312 pages
...of his sentimeats he triumphs over all the poets both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...first, second, and sixth books. The seventh, which dc-- scribes the creation of the world, is likewise won-' derfully sublime, though not so ant to stir...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...seventh, which describes the creation of the world, ь likewise wonderfully sublime, though not so apt to stir up emotion in the mind of the reader, nor...
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The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 4

1827 - 398 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 1

1830 - 482 pages
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Paradise Lost: A Poem

John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets, both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself with greater ideas than those which he has combined in his lirsl,, second, and sixth books. The seventh, which describes the creation of the world,...
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The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumes 1-2

1836 - 932 pages
...of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is neral, and hnw constantly they succeed one another....added, that if a man of good genius for a fable we m his first, second, and sixth books. The seventh, which describes the creation of the world, is likewise...
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The Spectator, no. 1-314

Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets bothmodern and ancient, Homer only excepted3 It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...ideas, than those which he has laid together in his prst, second, and sixth books?) The seventh, which describes the creation of the world, is likewise...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volume 1

John Kitto - Bible - 1848 - 416 pages
...ought not to have been made ; and we would take the critic himself for our guide when he adds, ' it is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...together in his first, second, and sixth books.' The truth is, that each poet is perfect in his way, but Homer's perfection was not that of sublimity. We...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volume 1

John Kitto - Bible - 1848 - 426 pages
...ought not to have been made ; and we would take the critic himself for our guide when he adds, ' it is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...together in his first, second, and sixth books.' The truth is, that each poet is perfect in his way, but Homer's perfection was not that of sublimity. We...
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