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... sent in order that you might read the Odyssey ; the Iliad is fine , but less equal in the translation , as well as less interesting in itself . What is stupidly said of Shakespeare is really true and appropriate of Chapman : ' mighty ...
... sent in order that you might read the Odyssey ; the Iliad is fine , but less equal in the translation , as well as less interesting in itself . What is stupidly said of Shakespeare is really true and appropriate of Chapman : ' mighty ...
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... known of his youth , or where he was educated . In 1574 , " or thereabouts " ( according to Wood ) he was sent • Samuel Daniel's " Defence of Rhyme , " 1602 . son , to Oxford , and Warton tells us " XX INTRODUCTION .
... known of his youth , or where he was educated . In 1574 , " or thereabouts " ( according to Wood ) he was sent • Samuel Daniel's " Defence of Rhyme , " 1602 . son , to Oxford , and Warton tells us " XX INTRODUCTION .
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... sent from heaven , And thinking well that so divine a creature Would never more enrich the race of nature ) Kept as his crown his works , and thought them still His angels , in all power to rule his will ; And would affirm that Homer's ...
... sent from heaven , And thinking well that so divine a creature Would never more enrich the race of nature ) Kept as his crown his works , and thought them still His angels , in all power to rule his will ; And would affirm that Homer's ...
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... sent them far to that invisible cave That no light comforts ; and their limbs to dogs and vultures gave : * Eacides - Achilles , grandson of Eacus . 3 Invisible cave- e - Hades . VOL . I. B To all which Jove's will gave effect ; from ...
... sent them far to that invisible cave That no light comforts ; and their limbs to dogs and vultures gave : * Eacides - Achilles , grandson of Eacus . 3 Invisible cave- e - Hades . VOL . I. B To all which Jove's will gave effect ; from ...
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... sent Po pligns the army , and to death by troops the soldiers went . Pression if thina - Chryses , the priest , came to the fleet to buy , Wie presents of unvalu'd price , his daughter's liberty ; The golden apepers and the crown of ...
... sent Po pligns the army , and to death by troops the soldiers went . Pression if thina - Chryses , the priest , came to the fleet to buy , Wie presents of unvalu'd price , his daughter's liberty ; The golden apepers and the crown of ...
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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.