The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... just thought , correct elocution , polished numbers , may have been found in a thousand ; but this poetical fire , this " vi- vida vis animi , ” in a very few . Even in works where all thofe are imperfect or neglected , this can ...
... just thought , correct elocution , polished numbers , may have been found in a thousand ; but this poetical fire , this " vi- vida vis animi , ” in a very few . Even in works where all thofe are imperfect or neglected , this can ...
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... just as long on the like account . If he gives his hero a fuit of ce- leftial armour , Virgil and Taffo make the fame prefent to theirs . Virgil has not only observed this clofe imi- tation of Homer , but , where he had not led the way ...
... just as long on the like account . If he gives his hero a fuit of ce- leftial armour , Virgil and Taffo make the fame prefent to theirs . Virgil has not only observed this clofe imi- tation of Homer , but , where he had not led the way ...
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... just in any perfon's mouth upon the fame occafion . As many of his perfons have no ap parent characters , fo many of his fpeeches efcape being applied and judged by the rule of propriety . We oft- ner think of the author himself when we ...
... just in any perfon's mouth upon the fame occafion . As many of his perfons have no ap parent characters , fo many of his fpeeches efcape being applied and judged by the rule of propriety . We oft- ner think of the author himself when we ...
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Samuel Johnson. in the Greek . It is certain no literal translation can be just to an excellent original in a fuperior language : but it is a great mistake to imagine ( as many have done ) ... just pitch of his style ; fome of PREFAC E. 23.
Samuel Johnson. in the Greek . It is certain no literal translation can be just to an excellent original in a fuperior language : but it is a great mistake to imagine ( as many have done ) ... just pitch of his style ; fome of PREFAC E. 23.
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Samuel Johnson. than the just pitch of his style ; fome of his tranflators having fwelled into fuftian , in a proud confidence of the fublime ; others funk into flatness , in a cold and timo- rous notion of fimplicity . Methinks I fee ...
Samuel Johnson. than the just pitch of his style ; fome of his tranflators having fwelled into fuftian , in a proud confidence of the fublime ; others funk into flatness , in a cold and timo- rous notion of fimplicity . Methinks I fee ...
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Page 132 - Apollo's altars in his native town. Now with full force the yielding horn he bends, Drawn to an arch, and joins the doubling ends ; (.'lose to his breast he strains the nerve below, Till the barb'd point approach the circling bow ; The impatient weapon whizzes on the wing ; Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string.
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Page 5 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other epic poets have...