The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1854 - 363 pages |
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Page 167
... Iliad , celebrated by numerous pens ; yet it shall suffice to mention the indefatigable SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE , KT . who ( though otherwise a severe censurer of our author ) yet styleth this a laudable Translation . ' 21 20 Alma , canto ...
... Iliad , celebrated by numerous pens ; yet it shall suffice to mention the indefatigable SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE , KT . who ( though otherwise a severe censurer of our author ) yet styleth this a laudable Translation . ' 21 20 Alma , canto ...
Page 168
... ' Strange variation ! We are told in MIST'S JOURNAL , JUNE 8 , ' That this translation of the Iliad was not in all 22 Censor , vol . ii . No. 33 . respects conformable to the fine taste of his friend Mr. 168 TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS .
... ' Strange variation ! We are told in MIST'S JOURNAL , JUNE 8 , ' That this translation of the Iliad was not in all 22 Censor , vol . ii . No. 33 . respects conformable to the fine taste of his friend Mr. 168 TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS .
Page 169
... Iliad will appear in English with as little dis- advantage to that immortal poem . ' As to the rest , there is a slight mistake ; for this younger muse was an elder : nor was the gen- tleman ( who is a friend of our author ) employed by ...
... Iliad will appear in English with as little dis- advantage to that immortal poem . ' As to the rest , there is a slight mistake ; for this younger muse was an elder : nor was the gen- tleman ( who is a friend of our author ) employed by ...
Page 170
... Iliad , printed some time before his death , and by his own letters of October 26 , and November 2 , 1713 , where he declares it as his opinion , that no other person was equal to it . Next comes his Shakspeare on the stage : ' Let him ...
... Iliad , printed some time before his death , and by his own letters of October 26 , and November 2 , 1713 , where he declares it as his opinion , that no other person was equal to it . Next comes his Shakspeare on the stage : ' Let him ...
Page 175
... : 26 And yet so wondrous , so sublime a thing , As the great Iliad , scarce could make me sing . 26 Verses to Mr. P. on his translation of Homer . Unless I justly could at once commend A good companion TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS . 175.
... : 26 And yet so wondrous , so sublime a thing , As the great Iliad , scarce could make me sing . 26 Verses to Mr. P. on his translation of Homer . Unless I justly could at once commend A good companion TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS . 175.
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