 Iliad. It is certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen ; and its publication must therefore be considered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning.  The Lives of the English Poets - Seite 216von Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 420 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 Seiten
...which the world has ever feen ; and its publication mufl therefore be con' '. •••)'• fidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning.. To thofe who- have &ill to eftimate • ;•/.-' ; the excellence and difficulty of this great work,•... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 Seiten
...verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen ; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. To thofe who have fkill to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it muft be very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 Seiten
...verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen > and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. « To thofe who have fkill to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it muft be very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 Seiten
...nobleft verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. ..... .. •„ ; To thofe who have ftill to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it muft be v«ry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 Seiten
...verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen ; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. To thofe who have flull to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it muft be very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 Seiten
...nobleft verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. To thofe who have fkill to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it rouft be very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 Seiten
...enabled him to purchase. It cannot be unwelcome to literary curiosity, that.I deduce thus minutely the history of the English " Iliad." It is certainly the...difficulty of this great work, it must be very desirable toloTow how it was performed, and by what gradations it advanced to correctness. Of such an intellectual... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 Seiten
...enabled him to purchase. It cannot be unwelcome to literary curiosity, that I deduce thus minutely the history of the English " Iliad." It is certainly the...great work, it must be very desirable to know how it was performed, and by what gradations it advanced to correctness. Of such an intellectual process the.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 Seiten
...future life was secured from want by considerable annuities. Johnson says, that the English " Iliad " is certainly " the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen. " It was published volume by volume, as the translation proceeded ; the first four books appeared in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 Seiten
...[niceties] varieties of diction. " Strikes the imagination with far [more] greater force. " It is [probably] certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen. " Every sheet enabled him to write the next with [less trouble] more facility. "No man sympathizes... | |
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