 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 444 Seiten
...several generations of poets, from Waller to Keats. " The earnestness and passion," says Charles Lamb, " which he has put into every part of these poems would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations." But the grandest phenomenon of the epoch of Elizabeth is the Drama, and... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1879 - 554 Seiten
...poet," says Charles Lamb, "if, indeed, he has not abundantly shown himself to be one; for his Ilomer is not so properly a translation as the stories of...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations." Chapman was born at Hitching Hill, in Hertfordshire. His life was a prosperous... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 Seiten
...forms and modes of being. He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shown is it qualified, how is it carried off, by the rich intellect wh ая the stories of Achilles and Ulysses rewritten. The earnestness and passion which he has put into... | |
 | Paul Stapfer - 1880 - 428 Seiten
...enthusiasm, and says — " Chapman would have made a great epic poet, if, indeed, he has not abundantly shown himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly...modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the honour of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew bigotry with which Milton,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1880 - 888 Seiten
...when ha observed that " he would have made .-. great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shown himself to be one; for his "Homer" is not so properly...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations." The striking portrait of Chapman is prefixed to Mr. Singer's elegant edition... | |
 | Alfred Russell Smith - 1880 - 204 Seiten
...Homer. Did you ever read it? — it has the most continuous power of interesting you all along. . . . The earnestness and passion which he has put into...of these poems would be incredible to a reader of a mere modern translation.' — Charles Lamb. 901 Homer's Odyssey, Translated according to the Greek... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 396 Seiten
...soul to embrace all forms. He would have made a great Epic Poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shown himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly...modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the honor of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew bigotry with which Milton, as... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 Seiten
...Charles Lamb says of him, " He would have made a great epic poet, if, indeed, he has not abundantly shown himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly...passion which he has put into every part of these poema would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations. . . . Passion (the all-in-all in... | |
 | James Rowley - 1885 - 300 Seiten
...several generations of poets from Waller to Keats. " The earnestness and passion," says Charles Lamb, " which he has put into every part of these poems would be incredible to a reader of more modern translations." High commendation, though of a different kind, must be awarded to EDWABD... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1887 - 584 Seiten
...soul to embrace all forms. He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shown himself to be one; for his Homer is not so properly...modern translations. His almost Greek zeal for the honour of his heroes is only paralleled by that fierce spirit of Hebrew bigotry, with which Milton,... | |
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He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shown himself to be one ; for his Homer is not so properly a translation as the stories of Achilles and Ulysses re-written. 
