 It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture which is so forcible in Homer that no man of a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads him.  The Works of Alexander Pope - Seite 369von Alexander Pope - 1822Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 436 Seiten
...is only becaufe they are over-run and oppreit by thofe of a ftronger nature. It is to the ftrength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, which is fo forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical fpirit is mafter of himfelf while he reads him.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 448 Seiten
...is only becaufe they are overrun and opprefled by thofe of a ftronger Nature. It is to the flreagth of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, which is Co forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical fpirk is mailer of himfelf while he reads him.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 462 Seiten
...is only becaufe they are over-run and oppreft by thofe of a ftronger nature. It is to the ftrength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, which is fo forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical fpirit is matter of himfelf while he reads him.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 338 Seiten
...becaufe they are over-ran and opprefled 'Lby thofe of a ftronger nature. '.. v ' It is to the firength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, which is fo forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical fpirit is mafter of himfelf while he reads him.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 Seiten
...is only becaufe they are over-run and oppreft by thofe of a ftronger nature. It is to the ftrength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, which is fo forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical fpirit is mailer of himfelf while he reads him.... | |
 | 1797 - 618 Seiten
...of his pieces, affects not our minds with such strong emotions as we feel from Homer and Milton ; so that no man, of a true poetical spirit, is master of himself while he reads them. Hence he is a writer fit for universal perusal, and of general utility ; adapted to all ages... | |
 | 1797 - 616 Seiten
...pieces, affects not our minds \vith such strong emotions as we feel from Homer and Milton ; so tint no man, of a true poetical spirit, is master of himself while he reads them. Hence he is a writer fit for universal perusal, and of general utility; adapted to all ages and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 Seiten
...that rapture and fiie, which carries you away with him, with that wonderful force, that no man who has a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads him. Homer makes you interested 'and concerned before you are aware, all at once, whereas Virgil does it... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 Seiten
...only becaufe they are over-run and opprefled by thofe of a ftronger nature. ' It is to the ftrength of this amazing Invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, which is fo forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical fpirit is mafler of himfelf while he reads him.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 Seiten
...only becaufe they are over-run and opprefled by thofe of a ftronger nature. -> It is to the ftrength of this amazing Invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture, ' which is fo forcible in Homer, that no man of a true poetical fpirit is mafter of himfelf while he reads him.... | |
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