 ... 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 1331803Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1889 - 556 pages
...his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted.1 It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...sublime, though not so apt to stir up emotion in the j mind of the reader, nor consequently so perfect in the epic • 'way of writing, because it is filled... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 554 pages
...h'.3 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...laid together in his first, second, and sixth books." — Spectator, No. 279. " If I were to name a poet that is a perfect master in all these arts of working... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1891 - 474 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...laid together in his first, second, and sixth books." — Spectator, No. 279. " If I were to name a poet that is a perfect master in all these arts of working... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 234 pages
...his sentiments 25 he triumphs over all the poets, both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...those which he has laid together in his First, Second, 3 and Sixth Books. 4 The Seventh, which describes the creation 30 of the world, is likewise wonderfully... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 234 pages
...his sentiments 25 he triumphs over all the poets, both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself...than those which he has laid together in his First, Second,3 and Sixth Books.4 The Seventh, which describes the creation 30 of the world, is likewise wonderfully... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1896 - 510 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...has laid together in his first, second, and sixth book«." — Spectator, No. 279. " If I were to name a poet that is a perfect master in all these arts... | |
 | William Basil Worsfold - Criticism - 1897 - 310 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...laid together in his First, Second, and Sixth Books.' And in this appreciation he illustrates with special fulness the culminating splendours of the Battle... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 406 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 tenth books. The seventh, which describes the creation of the world, is likewise wonderfully sublime,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1900 - 410 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...laid together in his first, second, and sixth books." — Spectator, No. 279. 2-5 " If I were to name a poet that is a perfect master in all these arts of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 418 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...laid together in his first, second, and sixth books." —Spectator, No. 279. " If I were to name a poet that is a perfect master in all these arts of working... | |
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