 | Homer - 1909 - 630 páginas
...the same time with so much force and inspiriting vigour, that they awaken and raise us like the sound of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river,...always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of verse, the most rapid, and yet the most smooth imaginable. Thus, on whatever side we contemplate Homer,... | |
 | Willard Higley Durham - 1915 - 504 páginas
...the same time with so much Force and inspiriting Vigour, that they awaken and raise us like the Sound of a Trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful River, always in motion, and always full ; while we are born away by a Tide of Verse, the most rapid, and yet the most smooth imaginable. Thus on whatever... | |
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Homer, what principally strikes us is his invention. It is that which forms the character of each part of his work; and accordingly we find it to have made his fable more... 
