 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1862 - 804 Seiten
...probably read almost as much like a metrical production as the propria qufe maribits, or as in prcnsenti, and would have about the same chance of finding a...adumbration of Pope (for whatever may be said against it, I for one regard Pope's Iliad, taken per se, as one of the most magnificent poems, if not the most... | |
 | 1871 - 494 Seiten
...unnumbered readers. There are still men of culture who agree with Sir John Herschel's eulogy of it : " Whatever may be said against it, and with all its...a few, I, for one, regard Pope's Iliad, taken per se, as one of the most magnificent, if not the most magnificent poem extant." * But it has the unpardonable... | |
 | The North American Review.VOL.CXII. - 1871 - 506 Seiten
...unnumbered readers. There are still men of culture who agree with Sir John Herschel's eulogy of it: " Whatever may be said against it, and with all its...a few, I, for one, regard Pope's Iliad, taken per se, as one of the most magnificent, if not the most magnificent poem extant." * But it has the unpardonable... | |
 | 1871 - 498 Seiten
...unnumbered readers. There are still men of culture who agree with Sir John Herschel's eulogy of it : " Whatever may be said against it, and with all its...a few, I, for one, regard Pope's Iliad, taken per se, as one of the most magnificent, if not the most magnificent poem extant." * But it has the unpardonable... | |
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... first poet of his day, and one of the great masters of English verse. His translation, in rhyming couplets, has held its place in our classical literature for five generations, giving pleasure to unnumbered readers. There are still men of culture... 