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Página 51
And thus it doth appear that the first Dunciad was the first epic poem , written by
Homer himself , and anterior even to the Iliad , or Odyssey . Now , forasmuch as
our Poet hath translated those two famous works of Homer which are yet left , he
...
And thus it doth appear that the first Dunciad was the first epic poem , written by
Homer himself , and anterior even to the Iliad , or Odyssey . Now , forasmuch as
our Poet hath translated those two famous works of Homer which are yet left , he
...
Página 111
This man published advertisements for a year together , pretending to sell Mr .
Pope ' s subscription - books of Homer ' s Iliad at half the price : of which books
he had none , but cut to the size of them ( which was quarto ) the common books
in ...
This man published advertisements for a year together , pretending to sell Mr .
Pope ' s subscription - books of Homer ' s Iliad at half the price : of which books
he had none , but cut to the size of them ( which was quarto ) the common books
in ...
Página 194
Verses against Dr . Swift , and against Mr . P _ ' s Homer . By J . Oldmixon . Daily
Journal , April 23 . Letter about the Translation of the Character of Thersites in
Homer . By Thomas Cooke , & c . Mist ' s Weekly Journal , April 27 . A Letter of ...
Verses against Dr . Swift , and against Mr . P _ ' s Homer . By J . Oldmixon . Daily
Journal , April 23 . Letter about the Translation of the Character of Thersites in
Homer . By Thomas Cooke , & c . Mist ' s Weekly Journal , April 27 . A Letter of ...
Página 207
It must be owned that he hath got a notable knack of rhyming and writing smooth
verse I . Mr . Pope ' s Homer . The Homer which Lintot prints does not talk like
Homer , but like Pope ; and he who translated him , one would swear , had a hill
in ...
It must be owned that he hath got a notable knack of rhyming and writing smooth
verse I . Mr . Pope ' s Homer . The Homer which Lintot prints does not talk like
Homer , but like Pope ; and he who translated him , one would swear , had a hill
in ...
Página 209
I wonder how this gentleman would look , should it be discovered that he has not
translated ten verses together in any book of Homer , with justice to the poet ; and
yet he dares reproach his fellow - writers with not understanding Greek t .
I wonder how this gentleman would look , should it be discovered that he has not
translated ten verses together in any book of Homer , with justice to the poet ; and
yet he dares reproach his fellow - writers with not understanding Greek t .
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 134 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 127 - A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross?
Página 134 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Página 133 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 138 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Página 128 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Página 38 - Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst.
Página 127 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 131 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
Página 172 - Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie ; Where MURRAY (long enough, his country's pride) Shall be no more than TULLY, or than HYDE ! Rack'd with sciatics,.