On Translating Homer: Last Words. A Lecture Given at OxfordLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 - 69 páginas |
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... readers , ' to stimulate my readers to despise ' him . He is entirely mistaken . I respect Mr. New- man sincerely ; I ... reading his reply . Any vivacities of expression which may have given him pain I sincerely regret , and can only ...
... readers , ' to stimulate my readers to despise ' him . He is entirely mistaken . I respect Mr. New- man sincerely ; I ... reading his reply . Any vivacities of expression which may have given him pain I sincerely regret , and can only ...
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... falling a prey to it . I know far too well how exposed to it we all are ; how exposed to it I myself am . At this very moment , for example , I am fresh from reading Mr. Newman's reply to my lectures 8 ON TRANSLATING HOMER :
... falling a prey to it . I know far too well how exposed to it we all are ; how exposed to it I myself am . At this very moment , for example , I am fresh from reading Mr. Newman's reply to my lectures 8 ON TRANSLATING HOMER :
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Last Words. A Lecture Given at Oxford Matthew Arnold. am fresh from reading Mr. Newman's reply to my lectures ; a reply full of that erudition in which ( as I am so often and so good - naturedly reminded , but indeed I know it without ...
Last Words. A Lecture Given at Oxford Matthew Arnold. am fresh from reading Mr. Newman's reply to my lectures ; a reply full of that erudition in which ( as I am so often and so good - naturedly reminded , but indeed I know it without ...
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... reading Burns's poems . ' And not only does Mr. Newman say this , but he has managed thoroughly to convince some of his readers of it . ' Homer's Greek , ' says one of them , certainly seemed antiquated to the historical times of Greece ...
... reading Burns's poems . ' And not only does Mr. Newman say this , but he has managed thoroughly to convince some of his readers of it . ' Homer's Greek , ' says one of them , certainly seemed antiquated to the historical times of Greece ...
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... reader perfectly simple and intelligible , the uncertainty of the scholar about the true mean- ing of certain words can never change this general effect . Rather will the poetry of Homer make us C 4 LAST WORDS . 23 difficulty and ...
... reader perfectly simple and intelligible , the uncertainty of the scholar about the true mean- ing of certain words can never change this general effect . Rather will the poetry of Homer make us C 4 LAST WORDS . 23 difficulty and ...
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ability and learning accent admirable ancient hexameter antiquated to Sophocles Athenians ballad-form ballad-poetry ballad-style balladists blank verse bragly bulkin clear sense current English hexameter diction effect English language epic poetry erudition essential established possession expression false tendency familiar genius give grand style Greek hexameter hexa Homer seemed Homer's poetry Homeric colour Iliad imitation infer Jansenist Latin lines londis long syllable Longfellow lyrical cry matter metre metrical beat Milton mind Montesquieu movement Munro narrative narrative poetry never Newman noble nature Nonnus parallel Peleus perfect perfectly plain poet poetical gift prose quaint and antiquated quaint to call quantity Quintus of Smyrna reading rendering Homer reply rhythm rise and sink scholar simple simplesse simplicity sound spake spear longshadowy specimen Spedding Spedding's stanza Tennyson's poetry things thought TRANSLATING HOMER translator of Homer Trojans pitch'd true truth Tryphiodorus Virgil Virgilian hexameter words and style Wordsworth καὶ τε
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