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 re-written. The Prose Works of Charles Lamb - Page 157by Charles Lamb - 1836Full view - About this book
| Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 pages
...animate other existences, but in himself he had an eye to perceive and a soul to embrace all forms. He would have made a great Epic Poet, if indeed he...to a reader of mere modern translations. His almost Greekzeal for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew higotry, with... | |
| Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...animate other existences, but in himself he had an eye to perceive and a soul to embrace all forms. He would have made a great Epic Poet, if indeed he...to a reader of mere modern translations. His almost Greekzeal for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew bigotry, with... | |
| Charles Lamb - English drama - 1813 - 502 pages
...he had an eye to perceiv* and a soul to embrace all forms. He would have made a great Epic Poet, it' indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one...Ulysses re-written. The earnestness and passion which he ha* put into every part of these poems would be incredible to a reader of mere modern translations.... | |
| Homerus - 1818 - 290 pages
...animate other existences; but in himself he had an eye to perceive, and a soul to embrace all forms. He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he...modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the honour of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew bigotry, with which Milton,... | |
| Homer, George Chapman - Greek poetry - 1818 - 282 pages
...animate other existences; but in himself he had an eye to perceive, and a soul to embrace all forms, He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he...modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the honour of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew bigotry, with which Milton,... | |
| Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pages
...and compare him with more modern and better known authors who have followed him in the undertaking. " He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations. It is almost Greek zeal ; for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1821 - 402 pages
...and compare him with more modern and better known authors who have followed him in the undertaking. " He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations. It is almost Greek zeal ; for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled... | |
| Books - 1821 - 398 pages
...and compare him with more modern and better known authors who have followed him in the undertaking. " He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations. It is almost Greek zeal ; for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled... | |
| Books - 1821 - 400 pages
...and compare him with more modern and better known authors who have followed him in the undertaking. " He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations. It is almost Greek zeal ; for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled... | |
| Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1828 - 522 pages
...to embrace, all forms. 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...modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew bigotry, with which Milton,... | |
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