The Iliads of Homer, done [into Engl. verse] by G. Chapman, with intr. and notes by R. Hooper, Band 11857 |
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... thee not , good George , but by thy pen , For which I rank thee with the 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 ...
... thee not , good George , but by thy pen , For which I rank thee with the 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 ...
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... thee ever spring , As arms , tombs , statues , every earthy thing , Shall fade and vanish into fume before . What lasts thrives least ; yet wealth of soul is poor , And so ' tis kept . Not thy thrice sacred will , Sign'd with thy death ...
... thee ever spring , As arms , tombs , statues , every earthy thing , Shall fade and vanish into fume before . What lasts thrives least ; yet wealth of soul is poor , And so ' tis kept . Not thy thrice sacred will , Sign'd with thy death ...
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... to our State alone , But SVNN , PEACE , LIFE ; and , what thy power deserves Of us and our good in thy utmost strife , Shall make thee to thyself HEYR , SVNN , PEACE , LIFE . lii TO THE SACRED FOUNTAIN OF PRINCES , SOLE EMPRESS li ...
... to our State alone , But SVNN , PEACE , LIFE ; and , what thy power deserves Of us and our good in thy utmost strife , Shall make thee to thyself HEYR , SVNN , PEACE , LIFE . lii TO THE SACRED FOUNTAIN OF PRINCES , SOLE EMPRESS li ...
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... Thee capable of all arts , none of thee . For out of him , according to our most grave and judicial Plutarch , are all Arts deduced , confirmed , or illustrated . It is not therefore the world's vilifying of it that can make it vile ...
... Thee capable of all arts , none of thee . For out of him , according to our most grave and judicial Plutarch , are all Arts deduced , confirmed , or illustrated . It is not therefore the world's vilifying of it that can make it vile ...
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... thee , this grace desir'd Vouchsafe to me : pains for my tears let these rude Greeks repay , Forc'd with thy arrows . " Thus he pray'd , and Phoebus heard him pray , And , vex'd at heart , down from the tops of steep heaven stoop'd ...
... thee , this grace desir'd Vouchsafe to me : pains for my tears let these rude Greeks repay , Forc'd with thy arrows . " Thus he pray'd , and Phoebus heard him pray , And , vex'd at heart , down from the tops of steep heaven stoop'd ...
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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 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
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.