The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page vii
... Verses appended to the Translation of the Odyssey Ad Deum Postscript ( to the Hymns of Homer ) To his loving friend , Master John Fletcher A JUSTIFICATION OF A STRANGE ACTION OF NERO THE FIFTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL THE HYMNS OF HOMER , & c ...
... Verses appended to the Translation of the Odyssey Ad Deum Postscript ( to the Hymns of Homer ) To his loving friend , Master John Fletcher A JUSTIFICATION OF A STRANGE ACTION OF NERO THE FIFTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL THE HYMNS OF HOMER , & c ...
Page xi
... verse of a moral and political sort in praise of a powerful conservative oligarchy , and in illustration of the public virtues which are fostered and the public vices which are repressed under the strong sharp tutelage of such a ...
... verse of a moral and political sort in praise of a powerful conservative oligarchy , and in illustration of the public virtues which are fostered and the public vices which are repressed under the strong sharp tutelage of such a ...
Page xix
... verses which struggle into sight through the vaporous atmosphere of bombast and confusion ; it is thoughtful , earnest , eloquent , with interludes of mere violent and dissonant declamation , and rarer flashes of high and subtle beauty ...
... verses which struggle into sight through the vaporous atmosphere of bombast and confusion ; it is thoughtful , earnest , eloquent , with interludes of mere violent and dissonant declamation , and rarer flashes of high and subtle beauty ...
Page xx
... verses the cause of Sir Horatio Vere , then engaged with his poor handful of English ' in the first act ' of the Thirty Years ' War , * ( ' besieged and distressed in Mainhem , ' Chapman tells us , ) in the ears of the courtiers of ...
... verses the cause of Sir Horatio Vere , then engaged with his poor handful of English ' in the first act ' of the Thirty Years ' War , * ( ' besieged and distressed in Mainhem , ' Chapman tells us , ) in the ears of the courtiers of ...
Page xxi
... verses , which when thus culled out and bound up into separate sheaves make a better show than in the text where they ... verse steps out with mascu- line dignity , and delivers in clear grave accents its cordial message of praise and ...
... verses , which when thus culled out and bound up into separate sheaves make a better show than in the text where they ... verse steps out with mascu- line dignity , and delivers in clear grave accents its cordial message of praise and ...
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A. B. GROSART Andromeda bear beauty blest blood breast Bussy d'Ambois cast Chapman cloth extra cloth limp Crown 8vo dear death Deities divine doth earth Edited eternal Exit eyes fair fame Fcap fear fire flames George Chapman give Gods grace hand hast hath hear heart heaven Hero and Leander Hesiod Homer honour Iliad illustrated boards immortal Jove Jove's king labour Lady Leander learning light live lord love's lute master men's mind mistress Muse never night noble nought Ovid oxen peace Perseus Phoebus play poem poet poor Post 8vo praise Prince Proberio rich sacred Second Maiden's Tragedy shine sight Simplo sing soul spirit sweet thee thine things thou thought true truth verse vex'd virtue Vols Votarius Wife words worth
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Page 57 - It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by Fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin We wish that one should lose, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect. The reason no man knows; let it suffice. What we behold is censured by our eyes.