. Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad, books I, VI, XXII, XXIV; . ughton),and Worsleys (accessible only in an expensive English edi-tion), will perhaps suffice for any ordinary school Cowpers and Lord Derbys in blank verse, thereare spirited metrical versions, little known in America, byWay, and by Professor Blackie, the beloved and eccentricScotch scholar. As to Pope himself, Thackerays brief sketch in hisEnglish Humorists is a most eulogistic one, in the writershappiest manner. For the life of the time, HenryEsmond is almost as indispensable as the Spectator Ste
. Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad, books I, VI, XXII, XXIV; . ughton),and Worsleys (accessible only in an expensive English edi-tion), will perhaps suffice for any ordinary school Cowpers and Lord Derbys in blank verse, thereare spirited metrical versions, little known in America, byWay, and by Professor Blackie, the beloved and eccentricScotch scholar. As to Pope himself, Thackerays brief sketch in hisEnglish Humorists is a most eulogistic one, in the writershappiest manner. For the life of the time, HenryEsmond is almost as indispensable as the Spectator Stephen wrote the brief biography in the EnglishMen of Letters series, and also the article on Pope in hisgreat Dictionary of English Biography The strange liter-ary intrigues, forgeries, and quarrels of Popes life arepatiently analyzed in the exhaustive Life and Works byW. J. Courthope. The biography of Pope forms Vol. V. ofthis monumental publication, which, like Nestor, has out-lasted two editorial generations, having been begun byCroker and continued by the bust in Sans-Souci Palace, Potsdam. THE ILIAD OF HOMER. Translated by Mr. Pope. Te sequor, 0 Graise gentis Decus! inque tuis mineFixa pedum pono pressis vestigia signis:.Non ita certandi cupidus, quam propter Amorem,Quod Te imitari aveo. — Lucret. LONDON: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott, betweenthe Temple-Gates, 1715. MAP ILLUSTRATING HOMERS ILIAD
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