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157.<br />

158.<br />

Unbarr'd the gates <strong>of</strong><br />

light."<br />

—"Paradise Lost," vi, 2.<br />

—Far as a shepherd. "With<br />

what majesty and pomp does<br />

<strong>Homer</strong> exalt his deities! He<br />

here measures the leap <strong>of</strong> the<br />

horses by the extent <strong>of</strong> the<br />

world. And who is there, that,<br />

considering the exceeding<br />

greatness <strong>of</strong> the space would<br />

not with reason cry out that 'If<br />

the steeds <strong>of</strong> the deity were to<br />

take a second leap, the world<br />

would want room for<br />

it'?"—Longinus, Section 8.<br />

"No trumpets, or any other instruments<br />

<strong>of</strong> sound, are used in<br />

the <strong>Homer</strong>ic action itself; but<br />

the trumpet was known, and is

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