Anonymous, Proofs of the Enquiry into Homer's Life and Writings (1747)
“ If they serve these Ends, nothing more is to be expected from them in this detached Condition; much less from a Translation as nearly literal as the Genius of the Language and Difference of Manners would allow, where they cannot miss to lose much of their original Grace, or indeed in any Translation, were it the most perfect ever was made. ”
