"I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme." -- Henry James
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Daily Dose
From Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope and Several of His Friends
ON TRANSLATING HOMER
"Tis no comfortable prospect to be reflecting, that so long a siege as that of Troy lies upon my hands, and the campagne above half over before I have made any progress."
From Letter LX, to Mr. Addison, and dated Jan. 30, 1713-4
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