 ... that Pope is very far from having produced that ludicrous effect, which the comparison of the critic supposes. Spectators must laugh indeed at a bust of Homer enveloped in a wig, but the Reader has not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad...  American Journal of Philology - Page 147edited by - 1916Full view - About this book
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary in many, many passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a Reader...tenderly exclaims " Perfida, sed quamvis perfida, car a tamen" I have been induced, by a sense of what is due to the great works of real genins, to take... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 452 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary in many, many passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a reader...!) he tenderly exclaims "• Perfida, sed quamvis pcrfida, car a tamen" I have been induced, by a sense of what is due to the great works of real genius,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary in many, many passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a reader...with the epithet unfaithful !) he tenderly exclaims " Per/Ida, sed quamvis pcrfida, car a tamen" I have been induced, by a sense of what is due to the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary in many, many passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a Reader...yet with Mr. Twining, (the accomplished Translator of.Aristotle, who has justly and gracefully applied an expressive Latin Verse to this glorious Translation,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 222 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary, in many, many passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a reader...applied an expressive Latin verse to this glorious transl iti:m, so bitterly branded with the epithet unfaithful) he tenderly exclaims, " Perfida, sed... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 220 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary, in many, ma'ny passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a reader of taste and cundour admires both the dexterity and the dignity of the translator ; and if he allows the version... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary, in many, many, passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a reader...exclaims Perfida, sed quamvis perfida, cara tamen. . I have been induced, by a sense of what is due to the great works of real genius, to take the part... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary, in many, many, passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a reader...exclaims Perfida, sed quamvis perfida, cara tamen. I have been induced, by* a sense of what is due to the great works of real genius, to take the part... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary, in many, many, passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a reader of taste and candour 239 admires both the dexterity and the dignity of the translator; and if he allows the version to be... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...not a disposition to laughter in reading the Iliad of Pope. On the contrary, in many, many, passages, where it deviates widely from the original, a reader of taste and candour 239 admires both the dexterity and the dignity of the translator; and if he allows the version to be... | |
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