An Old Man's Thoughts about Many ThingsBell and Daldy, 1862 - 261 strán (strany) |
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Strana 81
... poems , and so we feel no concern for him , knowing that he will never be tired . If a man shall try to persuade me that a statue should be nothing more than the effigy of a man standing on a pedestal , I shall never be convinced . I ...
... poems , and so we feel no concern for him , knowing that he will never be tired . If a man shall try to persuade me that a statue should be nothing more than the effigy of a man standing on a pedestal , I shall never be convinced . I ...
Strana 112
... poems , in histories and in all kinds of composition , and why should there not be one in my book ? I think that they produce a good effect . I have sometimes been vexed in reading a book to find that the author broke off his story or ...
... poems , in histories and in all kinds of composition , and why should there not be one in my book ? I think that they produce a good effect . I have sometimes been vexed in reading a book to find that the author broke off his story or ...
Strana 125
... wise as it is now ; before men began to write notes or books on Homer . The Greeks had a great deal of Epic poetry out of which two poems have been preserved , and probably the best among them , the Iliad and the Odyssey OF STYLE . 125.
... wise as it is now ; before men began to write notes or books on Homer . The Greeks had a great deal of Epic poetry out of which two poems have been preserved , and probably the best among them , the Iliad and the Odyssey OF STYLE . 125.
Strana 126
... poems in a way to please everybody , but a tolerable translation may give pleasure to those who cannot read the original . A translation should be in some kind of metre as the original is , but translators are not yet agreed what the ...
... poems in a way to please everybody , but a tolerable translation may give pleasure to those who cannot read the original . A translation should be in some kind of metre as the original is , but translators are not yet agreed what the ...
Strana 127
... poems carefully , slowly , and some parts , re- peatedly , and he will then see what there is in Homer and he will not want anybody to tell him . We have fallen , heaven knows how it has happened , though I could guess , into a most ...
... poems carefully , slowly , and some parts , re- peatedly , and he will then see what there is in Homer and he will not want anybody to tell him . We have fallen , heaven knows how it has happened , though I could guess , into a most ...
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