 | 1833 - 574 pages
...make him share the admiration, with which he himself regards it; to induce him, in his own language, ' to read the poem, not in the spirit of a schoolboy...the genius of man. Whatever his conclusions may be,' he proceeds, ' as to the merit of particular passages, if any remarks of mine should chance to excite... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1888 - 576 pages
...too much excellent criticism to be passed by unnoticed. Speaking of the object of the work, he says, "My wish has been to lead the young student to read...one of the noblest monuments of the genius of man." Had the same spirit prevailed with numerous other editors of the classics, we should not now see so... | |
 | Henry Russell Cleveland, George Stillman Hillard - 1844 - 456 pages
...much excellent criticism to be passed by unnoticed. Speaking of the object of the work, he says, " My wish has been to lead the young student to read...one of the noblest monuments of the genius of man." Had the same spirit prevailed with numerous other editors of the classics, we should not now see so... | |
 | 1861 - 804 pages
...wish has been to lead the young student to read the poem, not in the spirit of a school-boy conning n dull lesson to be ' construed ' and ' parsed ' and...passages, if any remarks of mine should chance to excite hi.-i attention to the real character of the poem, and to promote a habit of analytical criticism,... | |
 | 1861 - 798 pages
...to read the poem, not in the spirit of a school-boy conning n dull lesson to be ' construed ' and 1 parsed ' and forgotten when the hour of recitation...particular passages, if any remarks of mine should char.ce to excite his attention to the real character of the poem, and to promote a habit of analytical... | |
 | Roger L. Geiger - 1998 - 150 pages
...lesson to be 'construed' and 'parsed' and forgotten when the hour of recitation is at an end, but in delightful consciousness that he is employing his...upon one of the noblest monuments of the genius of man."39 Such contextualized study would allow students to surrender their modern selves, to enter into... | |
 | Caroline Winterer - 2002 - 274 pages
...lesson to be "construed" and "parsed" and forgotten when the hour of recitation is at an end, but in delightful consciousness that he is employing his...of man. Whatever his conclusions may be as to the merit of particular passages, if any remarks of mine should chance to excite his attention to the real... | |
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My wish has been to lead the young student to read the poem, not in the spirit of a school-boy conning a dull lesson to be " construed " and " parsed " and forgotten when the hour of recitation is at an end, but in the delightful consciousness that he... 