The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJones and Company, 1827 - 424 pages |
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Page vii
... Greek , and his qualifications for a trans- lator of Homer . To these he made no public opposition ; but in one of his Letters escapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not more than twenty five with an ...
... Greek , and his qualifications for a trans- lator of Homer . To these he made no public opposition ; but in one of his Letters escapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not more than twenty five with an ...
Page viii
... Greeks their joint assent declare , The father said , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T ' accept the ransom , and release the fair , Revere the priest and speak the joint assent , Not so the tyrant , he with kingly pride , Atrides Repulsed ...
... Greeks their joint assent declare , The father said , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T ' accept the ransom , and release the fair , Revere the priest and speak the joint assent , Not so the tyrant , he with kingly pride , Atrides Repulsed ...
Page ix
... Greeks decrees his fame to raise , Above the Greeks her warrior's fame to raise , his deathless And crown her hero with immortal praise : distinguish'd helm Bright from his beamy crest the lightnings play , High on From his broad ...
... Greeks decrees his fame to raise , Above the Greeks her warrior's fame to raise , his deathless And crown her hero with immortal praise : distinguish'd helm Bright from his beamy crest the lightnings play , High on From his broad ...
Page xxv
... Greeks translation was almost unknown ; it was totally unknown to the inhabitants of Greece . They had no recourse ... Greek and Roman poetry into prose . Whoever could read an author , could translate him . From such rivals little can ...
... Greeks translation was almost unknown ; it was totally unknown to the inhabitants of Greece . They had no recourse ... Greek and Roman poetry into prose . Whoever could read an author , could translate him . From such rivals little can ...
Page xxvii
... Greeks , which Hobbs ; who are , it seems , as much celebrated for their you have observed , I was led into by ... Greek and Latin , attributed so much to Hobbs , that places , and the Cambridge editors of the large Homer , they confess ...
... Greeks , which Hobbs ; who are , it seems , as much celebrated for their you have observed , I was led into by ... Greek and Latin , attributed so much to Hobbs , that places , and the Cambridge editors of the large Homer , they confess ...
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