 Homer; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning changed in...  The Iliad of Homer, tr. by A. Pope - Page iby Homerus - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 518 pages
...this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning...science was delivered in a plainer manner ; it then became as reasonable in the more modern poets to lay it aside, as it was in Homer to make use of it.... | |
 | Homer - Epic poetry, Greek - 1825 - 298 pages
...this head, are hy no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, hut for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning...perhaps it was no unhappy circumstance for Virgil, that there was not in his time that demand upon him of so great an invention, as might he capable of furnishing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...meaus for their inventiou in having enlarged his circle, hut for their jndgment in having coutracted ; and humhles, or coufirms mauner, it then hecame as reasouahle in the more modern poets to lay it aside, as it was in Homer to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...this head, arc by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment anslation, con»idcratiou must became as reasonable in the more modern poets to lay it aside, as it was in Homer to make use of it.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of lean: ¡ r any hairs hut these !' CANTO V. SHE said ; the pitying audience melt in tears ; became as reasonable in the more modern poets to lay it aside, as it was in Ношег to make use... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment eaven scarce believed the conquest it survey 'd, And saints with the following ages, and science was delivered in a plainer manner, it then became as reasonable in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 566 pages
...this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning...science was delivered in a plainer manner ; it then became as reasonable in the more modern poets to lay it aside, as it was in Homer to make use of it.... | |
 | Homer - 1849 - 582 pages
...this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning...science was delivered in a plainer manner, it then became as reason- .V / able in the more modern poets to lay it aside, as it was in Homer to make use... | |
 | Homer, Alexander Pope - 1851 - 562 pages
...changed in following ages, and science was delivered in a plainer manner, it then became as reasonable in the more modern poets to lay it aside, as it was...perhaps it was no unhappy circumstance for Virgil, that there was not in his time that demand upon him of so great an invention, as might be capable of furnishing... | |
 | Homer - 1853 - 364 pages
...science was delivered in a plainer manner, it tl became as reasonable in the more modern poets to laj aside, as it was in Homer to make use of it. And perh; it was no unhappy circumstance for Virgil, that there \ not in his time that demand upon him... | |
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