| Homer - 1877 - 558 páginas
...of Italian operas, wuV nnd more sweetness, variety, and majesty of sound, than in any other langbdge or poetry. The beauty of his numbers is allowed by the critics to be copied but faintly by Virgil himself, though they are so just to ascribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue : indeed, the Greek... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 páginas
...HAZUTT : Lccti. on ike Enytiih ¡'vein, Led. IV, ON HOMER AND VIRCIT,. The beauty of his [Homer's] s compared with the merits which wise men concede to me — if not i himself, though they иге so ju.it as to ascribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue : indeed, the... | |
| William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1889 - 530 páginas
...translation of the Iliad, draws between the Greek poet and the Roman : "The beauty of his [Homer's] numbers is allowed by the critics to be copied but faintly by Virgil himself, though they are so just as to ascribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue. Indeed, the Greek... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 páginas
...find more sweetness, variety, and majesty of sound than in any other language or poetry. The beanty of his numbers is allowed by the critics to be copied but faintly by Virgil himself, though they are so jnet to ascribe it to the nature of the Latin tonj^ue : indeed, the Greek... | |
| Homer - 1909 - 630 páginas
...see practised in the case of Italian operas), will find more sweetness, variety, and majesty of sound than in any other language or poetry. The beauty of his numbers is allowed by the critics to bo copied but faintly by Virgil himself, though they are so just to ascribe it tc the nature of the... | |
| Willard Higley Durham - 1915 - 502 páginas
...practis'd in the Case of Italian Opera's) will find more Sweetness, Variety, and Majesty of Sound, than in any other Language or Poetry. The Beauty of his Numbers is allow'd by the Criticks to be copied but faintly by Virgil himself, tho' they are so just to ascribe... | |
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