On Translating Homer: Three Lectures Given at OxfordLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 104 páginas |
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... scholars ; who possess , at the same time with knowledge of Greek , adequate poetical taste and feeling . No translation will seem to them of much worth compared with the original ; but they alone can say , whether the translation pro ...
... scholars ; who possess , at the same time with knowledge of Greek , adequate poetical taste and feeling . No translation will seem to them of much worth compared with the original ; but they alone can say , whether the translation pro ...
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... scholars , because scholars alone have the means of really judging him . A scholar may be a pedant , it is true , and then his judgment will be worthless ; but a scholar may also have poetical feel- ing , and then he can judge him truly ...
... scholars , because scholars alone have the means of really judging him . A scholar may be a pedant , it is true , and then his judgment will be worthless ; but a scholar may also have poetical feel- ing , and then he can judge him truly ...
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... scholar in judging a translation looks to detail rather than to general effect , he judges it pedantically and ill . The appeal , however , lies not from the pedantic scholar to the general public , which can only like or dislike ...
... scholar in judging a translation looks to detail rather than to general effect , he judges it pedantically and ill . The appeal , however , lies not from the pedantic scholar to the general public , which can only like or dislike ...
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... scholar , as nearly as he can , the general effect of Homer . When , therefore , Cowper says , " My chief boast is that I have adhered closely to my original ; " when Mr. Newman says , " My aim is to retain every peculiarity of the ...
... scholar , as nearly as he can , the general effect of Homer . When , therefore , Cowper says , " My chief boast is that I have adhered closely to my original ; " when Mr. Newman says , " My aim is to retain every peculiarity of the ...
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... scholar , to our only present witness on this matter- does Homer make on the Provost of Eton , when he reads him , the impression of a poet quaint and antiquated ? does he make this impression on Professor Thompson , or Professor Jowett ...
... scholar , to our only present witness on this matter- does Homer make on the Provost of Eton , when he reads him , the impression of a poet quaint and antiquated ? does he make this impression on Professor Thompson , or Professor Jowett ...
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On Translating Homer: Last Words. A Lecture Given at Oxford Matthew Arnold Visualização completa - 1862 |
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