Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 219
... translator of the Iliads into prose , in conjunction with Ozell and Oldis- worth . How their several parts were distributed is not known . This is the translation of which Ozell boasted as superior , in Toland's opinion , to that of ...
... translator of the Iliads into prose , in conjunction with Ozell and Oldis- worth . How their several parts were distributed is not known . This is the translation of which Ozell boasted as superior , in Toland's opinion , to that of ...
Page 318
... translation of the Iliad ; a performance which no age or nation can pretend to equal . To the Greeks translation was almost unknown ; it was totally unknown to the inhabitants of Greece . They had no recourse to the Barbarians for ...
... translation of the Iliad ; a performance which no age or nation can pretend to equal . To the Greeks translation was almost unknown ; it was totally unknown to the inhabitants of Greece . They had no recourse to the Barbarians for ...
Page 319
... translation . But in the most general applause discordant voices will always be heard . It has been objected by some , who wish to be numbered among the sons of learning , that Pope's version of Homer is not Homerical ; that it exhibits ...
... translation . But in the most general applause discordant voices will always be heard . It has been objected by some , who wish to be numbered among the sons of learning , that Pope's version of Homer is not Homerical ; that it exhibits ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young