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Three Lectures Given at Oxford Matthew Arnold. as the standard translation of Homer ; that the task of rendering him will still be attempted by other translators . It may perhaps be possible to render to these some service , to save them ...
Three Lectures Given at Oxford Matthew Arnold. as the standard translation of Homer ; that the task of rendering him will still be attempted by other translators . It may perhaps be possible to render to these some service , to save them ...
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... Homer the trans- lator , if he would feel Homer truly -- and unless he feels him truly , how can he render him truly ? cannot be too much on his guard . For example : the writer of an interesting article on English trans- lations of ...
... Homer the trans- lator , if he would feel Homer truly -- and unless he feels him truly , how can he render him truly ? cannot be too much on his guard . For example : the writer of an interesting article on English trans- lations of ...
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... Homer , his rapidity , Cowper and Mr. Wright have failed in rendering him ; that , for want of duly appreciating the second - named quality , his plainness and directness of style and diction , Pope and Mr. Sotheby have failed in ren ...
... Homer , his rapidity , Cowper and Mr. Wright have failed in rendering him ; that , for want of duly appreciating the second - named quality , his plainness and directness of style and diction , Pope and Mr. Sotheby have failed in ren ...
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... Homer so much , that it is no wonder he rendered him amiss . " The similitude of Milton's manner to that of Homer is such , " he says , " that no person familiar with both can read either without being re- minded of the other ; and it ...
... Homer so much , that it is no wonder he rendered him amiss . " The similitude of Milton's manner to that of Homer is such , " he says , " that no person familiar with both can read either without being re- minded of the other ; and it ...
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... Homer . It is well known how extravagantly free is Pope : So let it be ! Portents and prodigies are lost on me : that is Pope's rendering of the words , Ξάνθε , τί μοι θάνατον μαντεύεαι ; οὐδέ τί σε χρή · * Xanthus , why prophesiest ...
... Homer . It is well known how extravagantly free is Pope : So let it be ! Portents and prodigies are lost on me : that is Pope's rendering of the words , Ξάνθε , τί μοι θάνατον μαντεύεαι ; οὐδέ τί σε χρή · * Xanthus , why prophesiest ...
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On Translating Homer: Last Words. A Lecture Given at Oxford Matthew Arnold Visualização completa - 1862 |
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