The Iliads of Homer, done [into Engl. verse] by G. Chapman, with intr. and notes by R. Hooper |
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Achilles Agamemnon Ajax amongst answer'd arm'd arms Asius Atreus Atrides blood bold BOOK brave breast call'd Chapman charge chariot Chryseis command counsels dame darts death Deities Diomed divine doth earth edition Eurypylus eyes fair fame fate father fear fell field fight fleet flew friends gainst gave George Chapman Goddess Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hath heart heaven Hector Homer honour honour'd horse host Idomen ILIADS Ilion Ithacus Jove Jove's king labour lance lov'd Lycian Menelaus mighty mind Minerva Nestor never Pallas Patroclus Peleus Poesy poet pow'r pray'd Priam Priam's princes prise Pylos renown'd sacred second folio shield ships sire slain slew soldiers soul spake spirit spoil Spondanus stand stood strength sweet Taylor Telamon tent Teucer thee thine thou took tow'rs town translation Trojans troops Troy Troy's turn'd Tydeus Tydides Ulysses us'd words wound wrath
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Página xvii - Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise: Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Página xvii - FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. " Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
Página 271 - TO THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM; containing a brief History of its Formation, and of the various Collections of which it is composed; Descriptions of the Catalogues in present use; Classed Lists of the Manuscripts...
Página xv - 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 rewritten.
Página 274 - Nothing can be more interesting than this little book, containing a lively picture of the opinions and conversations of one of the most eminent scholars and most distinguished patriots England has produced. There are few volumes of its size so pregnant with sense, combined with the most profound earning! It is impossible to open it without finding some important fact or discussion, something practically useful and applicable to the business of life.
Página 271 - It will be found a very useful work to every literary person or public institution In all parts of the world. "A little handbook of the Library has...
Página 151 - The spirit I first did breathe Did never teach me that; much less, since the contempt of death Was settled in me, and my mind knew what a worthy was, Whose office is to lead, in fight, and give no danger pass Without improvement. In this fire must Hector's trial shine: Here must his country, father, friends, be in him made divine.
Página 23 - Though truth in her very nakedness sits in so deep a pit, that from Gades to Aurora and Ganges few eyes can sound her, I hope yet those few here will so discover and confirm that, the date being out of her darkness in this morning of our poet, he shall now gird his temples with the sun," — we pronounce that such a prose is intolerable.
Página 269 - ESSAYS ON THE LITERATURE, Popular Superstitions, and History of England in the Middle Ages. By Thomas Wright, MA, FSA 2 vols.
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| Título | The Iliads of Homer, done [into Engl. verse] by G. Chapman, with intr. and notes by R. Hooper Libr. of old authors The Iliads of Homer, done [into Engl. verse] by G. Chapman, with intr. and notes by R. Hooper, The Iliads of Homer, done [into Engl. verse] by G. Chapman, with intr. and notes by R. Hooper |
| Autor | Homerus |
| Editor | Richard Hooper |
| Traducido por | George Chapman |
| Publicado | 1857 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 11 Ago. 2006 |
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