The life of Henry FuseliH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 - 439 стор. |
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... Homer CHAPTER VI . 77 Fuseli's proficiency in Italian History , Literature , and the Fine Arts , exemplified in his Criticism on Roscoe's Lorenzo de ' Medici 110 CHAPTER VII . Fuseli's Marriage . His inducements to associate himself ...
... Homer CHAPTER VI . 77 Fuseli's proficiency in Italian History , Literature , and the Fine Arts , exemplified in his Criticism on Roscoe's Lorenzo de ' Medici 110 CHAPTER VII . Fuseli's Marriage . His inducements to associate himself ...
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... your criterion of books . If Richardson is old , Homer is ob- solete . Clarissa , to me , is pathetic - is exquisite ; I never read it without crying like a child . ” ners . After Henry Fuseli had attended for some time HENRY FUSELI . 13.
... your criterion of books . If Richardson is old , Homer is ob- solete . Clarissa , to me , is pathetic - is exquisite ; I never read it without crying like a child . ” ners . After Henry Fuseli had attended for some time HENRY FUSELI . 13.
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... Homer into English blank verse . To give the public some notion of his powers , and ability to execute the task , he sent to Mr. Johnson , his publisher , a manuscript translation of 107 lines of the 24th book of the Iliad , being part ...
... Homer into English blank verse . To give the public some notion of his powers , and ability to execute the task , he sent to Mr. Johnson , his publisher , a manuscript translation of 107 lines of the 24th book of the Iliad , being part ...
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... Homer , and also in his published letters , have given many testimonials of their opinion of Fuseli , not only as a Greek scholar , but for his taste and judgment in English poetry . The former ( Hayley ) remarks , " It is a singular ...
... Homer , and also in his published letters , have given many testimonials of their opinion of Fuseli , not only as a Greek scholar , but for his taste and judgment in English poetry . The former ( Hayley ) remarks , " It is a singular ...
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... Homer ; and being convinced of the justness of his demands , will attempt at least to conform to * The omissions in this and the succeeding letter , where asterisks are placed , relate only to the names of subscribers to the translation ...
... Homer ; and being convinced of the justness of his demands , will attempt at least to conform to * The omissions in this and the succeeding letter , where asterisks are placed , relate only to the names of subscribers to the translation ...
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Сторінка 215 - The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell...
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