In short, if we look into the conduct of Homer, Virgil, and Milton, as the great fable is the soul of each poem, so to give their works an agreeable variety, their episodes are so many short fables, and their similes so many short episodes ; to which... The Spectator: ... - Sida 2011737Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| John Milton - 1750 - 674 sidor
...nicety in this particular " favors of the rhetorician and •• epigrammatill." In ihort, if we loidc into the conduct of Homer, Virgil, and Milton, as the great fable is the foul of each poem, fo co pn their works an agreeable variety, their epifodes art fo many Ihort fables,... | |
| John Milton - 1750 - 666 sidor
...In fliort, if we look into the conduit of Homer, Virgil, and Milton, as the great fable is the foul of each poem, fo to give their works an agreeable variety, their epifo Jos nre fo many fhort fables, and their finiilej fo many fhort epifodes ; to which you may add,... | |
| William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 sidor
...this Particular favours of the Rhetorician and Epigrammatift.' IN fhort, if we look into the Conduft of Homer, Virgil and Milton, as the great Fable is...their Epifodes are fo many fhort Fables, and their 3 Similies Similies fo many fhort Epifodes, to which you may add, if you pleafe, that their Metaphors... | |
| John Milton, William Dodd - 1762 - 284 sidor
...this Particular favours of the Rhetorician and Epigrammatift.' JN fhort, if we look into the Conduft of Homer, Virgil and Milton, as the great Fable is...fo to give their Works an agreeable Variety, their EpHbdes are fo many fhort Fables, and their 2 Similies Similies fo many fhort Epifodes, to which you... | |
| John Milton - 1763 - 670 sidor
...In fliort, if we look into the condufl of Homer, Virgil and Milton, as the great fable is the foul of each poem, fo to give their works an agreeable variety, their cpifodes are fo many fliort fables, and their fimiles fo many fhort epifodes ; to which you may add,... | |
| 1778 - 336 sidor
...fufficient, and that too much nicety in this particular favours of the rhetorician and epigrammatift." In fhort, if we look into the conduct of Homer, Virgil, and Milton, as the great fable is the foul of each poem, fb, to g:ve their works an agreeable variety, their epifodes are fo many ihort fables,... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 260 sidor
...Milton's comparisons in which they do not see 'any surprising' points'-, of* likeness.' • In short, if we look into the conduct of -Homer,' Virgil, .and Milton, as the great fahle is the soul of :each..poem,-so to give their works an agreeahle variety, their episodes are so... | |
| 1803 - 372 sidor
...that too much nicety " in this particular savours of the rhetorician and '' epigrammatist.'' In short, if we look into the conduct of Homer, Virgil, and...Milton, as the great fable is the soul of each poem, so, to give their works an agreeable variety, their episodes are so many short fables, and their similies... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sidor
...and that too much nicety in this particular savors of the rhetorician and epigrammatist." In short, if we look into the conduct of Homer, Virgil, and...Milton, as the great fable is the soul of each poem, so to give their works an agreeable variety, their episodes are so many short fables, and their similes... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 sidor
...him into other agreeable images. Homer^ says he, excelled in this particular, whose compa' In short, if we look into the conduct of Homer, Virgil, and...Milton, as the great fable is the soul of each poem, so to give their works an agreeable variety, their episodes are so many short fables, and their similes... | |
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