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" However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language. "
The Iliad of Homer, tr. by A. Pope - Page xx
by Homerus - 1808
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The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An ...

Homerus - 1720 - 382 pages
...has unhappily follow'd him in pafiages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, (his verfion of whom notwithstanding fome human errors) is the molt noble and fpirited tranflation I know...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 382 pages
...has unhappily followed him in paflages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his verfion of whom (notwithftanding fome human errors) is the moft noble and fpir'.ted tranflation I know...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 372 pages
...has unhappily followed him in pafiages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his verfion of whom (notwithftanding fome human errors) is the moft noble and fpirited tranflation I know...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 438 pages
...unhappily folio wed him in paflages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflated the whole work, I •would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his verfion of whom (notwithftanding fbrne human errors) is the mofl noble and fpirited tranflation I know...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Letters

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 344 pages
...has unhappily followed him in paffages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflatcd the whole work, I would , no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his verfion of whom (notwithftanding fome human errors) is. the moft noble and fpirited tranflation I know...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with ..., Volume 6

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 436 pages
...has unhappily followed him in paffages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than, Virgil, his Verfion of whom (notwithftanding fbme human errors) is the moft noble and fpirited tranflation I know...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last ...

Alexander Pope - 1778 - 448 pages
...unhappily followed t him in pillages where he wanders from the original, lio.vever, had he tranflated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him, than Virgil, his verfion of whom (notwithftanding fome human errors) is the moll noble and fpirited tranllation I know...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 35

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 462 pages
...has unhappily followed him in paflages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his verfion of whom (notwithftanding fomt human errors) is the moft noble and fpirited tranflation I know...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous ...

Alexander Pope - 1787 - 338 pages
...unhappily followed him in pafl'ages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him, than Virgil, his verfion of whom (notwithftanding fome human errors) is the moil noble and fpirited tranflation I know...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope's Iliad & Odyssey ...

1792 - 918 pages
...has unhappily followed him in paffages where he wanders from the original. However, had he tranflated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his verfion of whom (notwithstanding fome human errors) is the mod noble and fpirited tranflation I know...
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