| Charles Lamb - 1808 - 512 pages
...a great Epic Poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one; for his Homer is not so properly a Translation as the Stories of Achilles...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of mere modern translations. His almost Greekzeal for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1813 - 508 pages
...great Epic Poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly a Translation as the Stories of Achilles...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of mere modern translations. His almost Greekzeal for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1813 - 502 pages
...great Epic Poet, it' indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly a Translation as the Stories of Achilles...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
...a great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one; for his Homer is not so properly a translation, as the stories of Achilles...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of mere modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the honour of his heroes is only paralleled by... | |
| Homer, George Chapman - 1818 - 278 pages
...a great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one; for his Homer is not so properly a translation, as the stories of Achilles...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of mere modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the honour of his heroes is only paralleled by... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 pages
...a great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one; for his Homer is not so properly a translation as the stories of Achilles...of these poems, would be incredible to a reader of mere modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the glory of his heroes can only be paralleled... | |
| Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pages
...great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly a translation, as the stories of Achilles...incredible to a reader of more modern translations. It is almost Greek zeal ; for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew... | |
| 1821 - 398 pages
...great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly a translation, as the stories of Achilles...incredible to a reader of more modern translations. It is almost Greek zeal ; for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly a translation, as the stories of Achilles...incredible to a reader of more modern translations. It is almost Greek zeal ; for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew... | |
| 1821 - 400 pages
...great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shewn himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly a translation, as the stories of Achilles...incredible to a reader of more modern translations. It is almost Greek zeal ; for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew... | |
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