 | Homer - Epic poetry, Greek - 1909 - 630 pages
...competent learning. For to satisfy such as want either, is not in the nature of this undertaking ; since a mere modern wit can like nothing that is not modern,...pedant nothing that is not Greek. What I have done is submitted to the public, from whose opinions I am prepared to learn ; though I fear no judges so little... | |
 | Willard Higley Durham - Criticism - 1915 - 504 pages
...Learning. For to satisfy such as want either, is not in the Nature of this Undertaking ; since a meer Modern Wit can like nothing that is not Modern, and...Pedant nothing that is not Greek. What I have done is submitted to the Publick, from whose Opinions I am prepared to learn; tho' I fear no Judges so little... | |
 | T. R. Steiner - English literature - 1975 - 174 pages
...Learning. For to satisfy such as want either, is not in the Nature of his Undertaking; since a meer Modern Wit can like nothing that is not Modern, and a Pedant nothing that is not Greek . . . William Guthrie William Guthrie (1708-1770) was a journalist, historian, and translator. An early... | |
 | Joseph M. Levine - History - 1991 - 452 pages
...interpreted the Sense, or preserved the Antiquities." Once again Pope intended to steer a middle way; "a meer Modern Wit can like nothing that is not Modern and a Pedant nothing that is not Greek." But it was impossible to avoid the paradox that was latent in the the attempt. On the one hand, the... | |
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For to satisfy such as want either is not in the nature of this undertaking, since a mere modern wit can like nothing that is not modern, and a pedant nothing that is not Greek. 
