The Iliads of Homer, done [into Engl. verse] by G. Chapman, with intr. and notes by R. Hooper, Band 11857 |
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... present series of publica tions has been undertaken . Among the mass of our early literature there are many books which particularly illustrate the character and sentiments or the history of the age in which they were written ; while ...
... present series of publica tions has been undertaken . Among the mass of our early literature there are many books which particularly illustrate the character and sentiments or the history of the age in which they were written ; while ...
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... present time ) . The poem itself is exceedingly interesting . Whoever the writer was , he wrote well . He was a keen observer of human nature ; alive to the abuses which prevailed in Church and State at the period when he lived , and ...
... present time ) . The poem itself is exceedingly interesting . Whoever the writer was , he wrote well . He was a keen observer of human nature ; alive to the abuses which prevailed in Church and State at the period when he lived , and ...
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... present age ! " I will conclude by citing some very able remarks , which fully embody my own sentiments on this subject , and which contain pleasing testimony to the merits of GEORGE CHAPMAN . " Translation , " says Mr. Godwin , " ought ...
... present age ! " I will conclude by citing some very able remarks , which fully embody my own sentiments on this subject , and which contain pleasing testimony to the merits of GEORGE CHAPMAN . " Translation , " says Mr. Godwin , " ought ...
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... present day , that , of all the versions of Homer in our language , that of Chapman approaches the nearest to the original in spirit and grandeur , and , from a most attentive perusal , I think faithfulness . Whether Homer has ever been ...
... present day , that , of all the versions of Homer in our language , that of Chapman approaches the nearest to the original in spirit and grandeur , and , from a most attentive perusal , I think faithfulness . Whether Homer has ever been ...
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... present , raising the low , dignifying the mean , and putting sense into the absurd . He makes his readers glow , weep , tremble , take any affection which he pleases , be moved by words , or in spite of them be disgusted , and overcome ...
... present , raising the low , dignifying the mean , and putting sense into the absurd . He makes his readers glow , weep , tremble , take any affection which he pleases , be moved by words , or in spite of them be disgusted , and overcome ...
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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.