 | 1813 - 706 páginas
...to he so truly delineated. The times in which Homer lived undoubtedly gave him a great advantage in this respect; since, from his nearness to the times...this advantage, Homer certainly attends to character more than his imitator. 1 hope your friend, with all his partiality, will not maintain that the simile... | |
 | 700 páginas
...undoubtedly gave him a great advantage in this respect; since, from his nearness to the times of which lie writes, what we always see to be invention in Virgil,...this advantage, Homer certainly attends to character more than his imitator. I hope your friend, with all his paruiiluy, will not maintain that the simile... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1801 - 674 páginas
...to be so truly delineated. The times in which Homer lived undoubtedly gave him a great advantage in this respect; since, from his nearness to the times...like the plain truth in Homer. Upon this principle, a fiiend of mine observed, that the characters in Shakspeare's historical plays always appear more real... | |
 | John Bernard Trotter - 1811 - 598 páginas
...to be so truly delineated. The times in which Homer lived undoubtedly gave him a great advantage in this respect ; since, from his nearness to the times...a friend of mine observed, that the characters in Shakespeare's historical plays always appear more real than those in his others. But, exclusive of... | |
 | Charles James Fox - 1857 - 556 páginas
...a great advantage in this respect ; VOL. IV. HH since, from his nearness to the times of which lie writes, what we always see to be invention in Virgil,...a friend of mine observed, that the characters in Shakespeare's historical plays alwavs appear more real than those in his others. But, exclusive of... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1866 - 426 páginas
...to he so truly delineated. The times in which Homer lived undoubtedly gave him a great advantage in this respect, since, from his nearness to the times...principle, a friend of mine observed that the characters in Shakespeare's historical plays always appear more real than those in his others. But, exclusive of... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1866 - 552 páginas
...undoubtedly gave him a great advantage in this respect, since, from his nearness to the times ofwhich he writes, what we always see to be invention in Virgil...principle, a friend of mine observed that the characters in Shakespeare's historical plays always appear more real than those in his others. But, exclusive of... | |
 | Henry Offley Wakeman - 1890 - 248 páginas
...to be sc truly delineated. The times at which Homer lived undoubtedly gavs him a great advantage in this respect, since from his nearness to the times...invention in Virgil appears like the plain truth in Homer. But exclusive of this advantage, Homer certainly attends to character more than his imitator." Then... | |
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One thing which delights me in the Iliad and Odyssey, and of which there is nothing in Virgil, is the picture of manners, which seem to be so truly delineated. The times in which Homer lived undoubtedly gave him a great advantage in this respect ; VOL. 