LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 27
... translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour : Great Rhea's son , If in ...
... translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour : Great Rhea's son , If in ...
Page 40
... translation from servility , and , instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and , that , if he left versification yet improvable , he left likewise from time to time such specimens of excellence as enabled ...
... translation from servility , and , instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and , that , if he left versification yet improvable , he left likewise from time to time such specimens of excellence as enabled ...
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... translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his ... translation of " Cato Major . " He now resided in France , as one of the followers of the exiled king ; and , to ...
... translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his ... translation of " Cato Major . " He now resided in France , as one of the followers of the exiled king ; and , to ...
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... translator : " That servile path thou nobly dost decline , " Of tracing word by word , and line by line . " Those ... translations and translators too . " They but preserve the ashes , thou the flame , " True to his sense , but ...
... translator : " That servile path thou nobly dost decline , " Of tracing word by word , and line by line . " Those ... translations and translators too . " They but preserve the ashes , thou the flame , " True to his sense , but ...
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... translated . But so much meaning is comprized in few words ; the particulars of resemblance are so perspicaciously ... translation from the drudgery of counting lines and interpreting single words . How much this servile practice ...
... translated . But so much meaning is comprized in few words ; the particulars of resemblance are so perspicaciously ... translation from the drudgery of counting lines and interpreting single words . How much this servile practice ...
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