...according, to the genius of his language. ... I have sought to attain what belongs to the original, — a fluent, narrative style, which shall carry the reader forward without the impediment of unexpect ed inversions and capricious phrases." Mr. Bryant further states, that he chose blank verse...

...sought," he says, " to obtain what belongs to the original, a fluent narrative style which shall cany the reader forward without the impediment of unexpected inversions and capricious phrases." 5. " Bryant's writings," says Irving, "transport us into the depths of the primeval forest, to the...

...to preserve the simplicity of the style and the fluency of the narrative. His aim, he said, was to carry the reader forward without the impediment of unexpected inversions and capricious phrases, so that, if he should find nothing to stop at and admire, there should be nothing to divert his attention...

...to preserve the simplicity of the style and the fluency of the narrative. His aim, he said, was to carry the reader forward without the impediment of unexpected inversions and capricious phrases, so that, if he should find nothing to stop at and admire, there should be nothing to divert his attention...

...usages and structure of our own. I have sought to attain what belongs to the original — affluent narrative style which shall carry the reader forward...from the events related and the objects described." He disagrees with Pope, who doubted whether a poem could be supported without rhyme in our language,...

...usages and structure of our own. I have sought to attain what belongs to the original — affluent narrative style which shall carry the reader forward...from the events related and the objects described." He disagrees with Pope, who doubted whether a poem could be supported without rhyme in our language,...

...— affluent narrative style which shall r-rY tn^e reader forward without the impediment f ynexpXcted inversions and capricious phrases, \ and in which,...from the events related and the objects described." He disagrees with Pope, who doubted whether a poem could be supported without rhyme in our language,...

...original, — a fluent narrative style which shall carry the reader forward without tFfe~impediment of unexpected inversions and capricious phrases, and...nothing to divert his attention from the story and characters of the poem, from the events related and the objects described." Scarcely was the " Iliad...

...fidelity to the original. "I have sought to attain," he says, "what belongs to the original, — a fluent narrative style which shall carry the reader...nothing to divert his attention from the story and characters of the poem, from the events related and the objects described." Scarcely was the " Iliad...

...of the words" and the Homeric "simplicity of style," to "attain what belongs to the original, — a fluent narrative style, which shall carry the reader...unexpected inversions and capricious phrases." ' And he achieved these objects : his rendering is easy, rapid, and direct. Yet one reason why it is so natural...