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Page 386
... without much vanity , of giving a more tolerable copy of him than any entire translation in verse has yet done . We have only those of Chapman , Hobbes , * and Ogilby . Chapman has taken the advantage of 336 PREFACE TO.
... without much vanity , of giving a more tolerable copy of him than any entire translation in verse has yet done . We have only those of Chapman , Hobbes , * and Ogilby . Chapman has taken the advantage of 336 PREFACE TO.
Page 390
... translator , who has tolerably preserved either the fenfe or poetry . What I would further re- commend to him , is to flady his Author rather from his own text than from any commentaries , how learn- ed foever , or whatever figure they ...
... translator , who has tolerably preserved either the fenfe or poetry . What I would further re- commend to him , is to flady his Author rather from his own text than from any commentaries , how learn- ed foever , or whatever figure they ...
Page 408
... translator , from a different caufe : Homer feems to have taken upon him the character of an hiftorian , antiquary , divine , aud profeffor of arts and sciences ; as well as a poet . In one or other of thefe characters he defcends into ...
... translator , from a different caufe : Homer feems to have taken upon him the character of an hiftorian , antiquary , divine , aud profeffor of arts and sciences ; as well as a poet . In one or other of thefe characters he defcends into ...
Page 410
... work of the greateft and mofl ancient of Poets , with fome dignity ; and I hope with as little difadvantage as the Iliad . And if , after the unmerited fuccefs of that translation , any one will wonder why I would 410 POSTSCRIPT TO.
... work of the greateft and mofl ancient of Poets , with fome dignity ; and I hope with as little difadvantage as the Iliad . And if , after the unmerited fuccefs of that translation , any one will wonder why I would 410 POSTSCRIPT TO.
Page 411
Alexander Pope. that translation , any one will wonder why I would enterprize the Odyffey ; I think it fufficient to say , that Homer himfelf did the fame , or the world would never have feen it .. I defigned to have ended this ...
Alexander Pope. that translation , any one will wonder why I would enterprize the Odyffey ; I think it fufficient to say , that Homer himfelf did the fame , or the world would never have feen it .. I defigned to have ended this ...
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