Evidence: | ?? in looking over the title pages, I met with Hobbes translation of Homer, I had some how or other heard that Homer was a great poet, but unfortunately I had never heard of Pope?s translation of him, so we eagerly purchased that by Hobbes. At this stall I also purchased Walker?s Poetical paraphrase of Epictetus?s Morals; and home we went, perfectly well pleased with our bargains.
We that evening began with Hobbes's Homer; but found it very difficult for us to read, owing to the obscurity of the translation, which together with the indifferent language, and the want of poetical merit in the translator somewhat disappointed us; however we had from time to time many a hard puzzling hour with him.
But as Walker's Epictetus, although it had not much poetical merit, yet it was very easy to be read, and as easily understood; and the principles of the Stoic [underlined] charmed me so much, that I made the book my companion wherever I went, and read it over and over...? |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1768 and 31 Dec 1769 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Bristol | ||||||||||
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Reader: | James Lackington |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 11 Sep 1746 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Apprentice shoemaker |
Religion: | Wesleyan |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
John Jones |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Homer |
Title: | unknown |
Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Hobbes's translation |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 8595 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Lackington | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1791 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 85 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Lackington, Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington (London, 1791), p. 85, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8595, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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