 | J. C. D. Clark - 1994 - 292 oldal
...out of admiration for his Latinity. Despite Johnson's disapproval of Milton's politics, he recorded: 'I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polybius, remark what I think is 61 Ibid., vol. 4, pp. 243, 246. 62 Ibid., vol. 2, pp. 164, 166, 193. 63 For such themes explored in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 oldal
...eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr. Hampton, the translator of Polybius,...with classic elegance. If any exceptions can be made, ihey are very few : Haddon and Ascham, the pride of Elizabeth's reign, however they have succeeded... | |
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Many of his elegies appear to have been written in his eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr Hampton, the translator of Polybius, remark, what I think is true, that Milton... 
