Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... Homer , from whom the system of Aristotle is altogether derived , is to be admired as the standard of excellence , we can neither bear with an epic production , which is original in its manner , and dis- dains the trammels of Homer and ...
... Homer , from whom the system of Aristotle is altogether derived , is to be admired as the standard of excellence , we can neither bear with an epic production , which is original in its manner , and dis- dains the trammels of Homer and ...
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... Homer and Virgil well accord , much better , I think , than with the notion of one single leading moral through each of their poems . assign to each of these poems a variety of morals , each claiming precedency with such a show of ...
... Homer and Virgil well accord , much better , I think , than with the notion of one single leading moral through each of their poems . assign to each of these poems a variety of morals , each claiming precedency with such a show of ...
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... Homer the im- portance of this moral , so as to found his poem upon it , is rather difficult to say . The critics , however , have pronounced this to be the moral , to which the whole Iliad is adapt- ed ; and such an implicit faith is ...
... Homer the im- portance of this moral , so as to found his poem upon it , is rather difficult to say . The critics , however , have pronounced this to be the moral , to which the whole Iliad is adapt- ed ; and such an implicit faith is ...
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... Homer , in- deed , in the opening of his poem assigns the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achil- les , as the proximate source of the pula anysa μυ ' Ayatos , which constitute the history of his poem ; but the irreverence of Agamemnon to ...
... Homer , in- deed , in the opening of his poem assigns the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achil- les , as the proximate source of the pula anysa μυ ' Ayatos , which constitute the history of his poem ; but the irreverence of Agamemnon to ...
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... Homer had no idea of mere allegorical personages in his deities , that he received them as objects of serious belief , and con- sidered a reverence to them as of high im- portance to the public welfare . It is an essential part of this ...
... Homer had no idea of mere allegorical personages in his deities , that he received them as objects of serious belief , and con- sidered a reverence to them as of high im- portance to the public welfare . It is an essential part of this ...
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