 Homer doubtless owes to his translator many Ovidian graces not exactly suitable to his character; but to have added can be no great crime, if nothing be taken away. Elegance is surely to be desired, if it be not gained at the expense of dignity. A hero...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - 186 ページSamuel Johnson 著 - 1820全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Albert Stratford George Canning - 1903 - 514 ページ
...Iliad with its original, may perhaps to some extent be applied : " Many readers of the English Iliad when they have been touched with some unexpected beauty...the original, where, alas ! it was not to be found, but to have added can be no great crime, if nothing be taken away." 1 Most historical personages in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 ページ
...to Virgil was necessary to Pope '. I suppose many readers of the English Iliad, when they have 351 been touched with some unexpected beauty of the lighter...no great crime if nothing be taken away. Elegance 2 is surely to be desired if it be not gained at the expence of dignity3. A hero would wish to be loved... | |
 | John Dennis - 1906 - 286 ページ
...improves in elegance, that if some Ovidian graces are, alas ! not to be found in the English Iliad ' to have added can be no great crime if nothing be taken away.' Johnson was not aware that to add ' poetical elegances ' to the words and thoughts of a great poet... | |
 | John Dennis - 1928 - 280 ページ
...improves in elegance, that if some Ovidian grat as are, alas ! not to be found in the English Iliad ' to have added can be no great crime if nothing be taken away.' Johnson was not aware that to add ' poetical elegances ' to the words and thoughts of a great poet... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 2004 - 508 ページ
...translation as 'that poetical wonder' that 'no age can hope to equal', and his specific comment that 'Homer doubtless owes to his translator many Ovidian...is surely to be desired, if it be not gained at the expencc of dignity.'89 In the 1 797 edition of Pope, Warton confirms the allusion more explicitly,... | |
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