...fifteen weeks, shews with what negligence his version was performed. But that which is to be allowed, and which very much contributed to cover his defects,...might imagine Homer himself would have writ before he arriv'd to years of discretion. Hobbes has given us a correct explanation of the sense in general,...

...Boast of having finish'd half the Iliad in less than fifteen Weeks, shews with what Negligence his Version was performed. But that which is to be allowed...might imagine Homer himself would have writ before he arriv'd to Years of Discretion. Hobbes has given us a correct Explanation of the Sense in general,...

...returns to ' the fire of the poem ' later in the same preface : this is what he says of Chapman : ' that which is to be allowed him, and which very much...animates his translation, which is something like what we might imagine Homer himself would have writ before he arrived to years of discretion '. Of course...

...returns to ' the fire of the poem ' later in the same preface : this is what he says of Chapman : ' that which is to be allowed him, and which very much...animates his translation, which is something like what we might imagine Homer himself would have writ before he arrived to years of discretion '. Of course...

...translation criticism, Pope pays tribute to the 'daring fiery Spirit' that animates Chapman's version, which is 'something like what one might imagine Homer...himself would have writ before he arrived at Years ofDiscretion'. But his own aim is to bring the art of translation to maturity, and he spends more than...