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... rarest men . And in that rank I put thee in the front , Especially of Poets of account , Who art the treasurer of that company , But in thy hand too little coin doth lie . For of all arts that now in London are , INTRODUCTION . xxix.
... rarest men . And in that rank I put thee in the front , Especially of Poets of account , Who art the treasurer of that company , But in thy hand too little coin doth lie . For of all arts that now in London are , INTRODUCTION . xxix.
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... doth orderly dispose Her virtuous treasure , and is queen of graces ; In Poesy decking her with choicest phrases , Figures and numbers ; when loose Prose puts on Plain letter - habits , makes her trot upon Dull earthly business , she ...
... doth orderly dispose Her virtuous treasure , and is queen of graces ; In Poesy decking her with choicest phrases , Figures and numbers ; when loose Prose puts on Plain letter - habits , makes her trot upon Dull earthly business , she ...
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... doth Poesy like the kernel lie Obscured , though her Promethean faculty Can create men , and make even death to live , 135 For which she should live honoured , kings should give Comfort and help to her that she might still Hold up their ...
... doth Poesy like the kernel lie Obscured , though her Promethean faculty Can create men , and make even death to live , 135 For which she should live honoured , kings should give Comfort and help to her that she might still Hold up their ...
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... doth , crowning virtue , sit . All whose poor seed , like violets in their beds , Now grow with bosom - hung and hidden heads ; For whom I must speak , though their fate convinces Me worst of poets , to you best of princes . By the most ...
... doth , crowning virtue , sit . All whose poor seed , like violets in their beds , Now grow with bosom - hung and hidden heads ; For whom I must speak , though their fate convinces Me worst of poets , to you best of princes . By the most ...
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... doth import , Prince of the people , nor suppose it vain That in this secret and prophetic sort Thy name and noblest title doth contain So much right to us , and as great a good . Nature doth nothing vainly ; much less Art Perfecting ...
... doth import , Prince of the people , nor suppose it vain That in this secret and prophetic sort Thy name and noblest title doth contain So much right to us , and as great a good . Nature doth nothing vainly ; much less Art Perfecting ...
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The Iliads of Homer, Done [Into Engl. Verse] by G. Chapman, with Intr. and ... Homerus Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
The Iliads of Homer, Done [Into Engl. Verse] by G. Chapman, with Intr. and ... Homerus Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Achilles Agamemnon Ajax amongst answer'd arm'd arms Asius Atreus Atrides blood bold BOOK brave breast call'd Chapman charge chariot Chryseis command counsels dame darts death Deity Diomed divine doth earth edition Eurypylus eyes fair fame fate fear fell field fight fire fleet flew friends gainst gave George Chapman Goddess Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hath heart heaven Hector Homer honour honour'd horse host Idomen ILIADS Ilion Ithacus Jove Jove's king lance lov'd Lycian Menelaus mighty mind Nestor never Pallas Peleus Phoebus Poesy poet pow'r pray'd Priam Priam's princes prise Pylos Queen renown'd sacred second folio shaft shield ships sire slew soldiers spake spirit spoil Spondanus stand stood strength sweet Taylor Telamon tent Teucer thee thine thou took tow'rs town translation Trojans troops Troy Troy's turn'd Tydeus Tydides Ulysses us'd vex'd vows words wound wrath
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Seite xix - Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise: Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Seite xix - FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. " Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
Seite 265 - TO THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM; containing a brief History of its Formation, and of the various Collections of which it is composed; Descriptions of the Catalogues in present use; Classed Lists of the Manuscripts...
Seite xvii - He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shown himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly a translation as the stories of Achilles and Ulysses rewritten.
Seite 268 - Nothing can be more interesting than this little book, containing a lively picture of the opinions and conversations of one of the most eminent scholars and most distinguished patriots England has produced. There are few volumes of its size so pregnant with sense, combined with the most profound earning! It is impossible to open it without finding some important fact or discussion, something practically useful and applicable to the business of life.
Seite 265 - It will be found a very useful work to every literary person or public institution In all parts of the world. "A little handbook of the Library has...
Seite 145 - The spirit I first did breathe Did never teach me that; much less, since the contempt of death Was settled in me, and my mind knew what a worthy was, Whose office is to lead, in fight, and give no danger pass Without improvement. In this fire must Hector's trial shine: Here must his country, father, friends, be in him made divine.
Seite 17 - Though truth in her very nakedness sits in so deep a pit, that from Gades to Aurora and Ganges few eyes can sound her, I hope yet those few here will so discover and confirm that, the date being out of her darkness in this morning of our poet, he shall now gird his temples with the sun," — we pronounce that such a prose is intolerable.
Seite 263 - ESSAYS ON THE LITERATURE, Popular Superstitions, and History of England in the Middle Ages. By Thomas Wright, MA, FSA 2 vols.