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Page 63
... is not added in the trans- fufion , there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum . ' Denham's Preface to the 2d book of Virgil's Æneid . IN IN poetical tranflation , the English writers of the 16th Chap . IV . 63 TRANSLATION .
... is not added in the trans- fufion , there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum . ' Denham's Preface to the 2d book of Virgil's Æneid . IN IN poetical tranflation , the English writers of the 16th Chap . IV . 63 TRANSLATION .
Page 76
... trans- lator , and could avail himself of it . FROM the time of Sandys , who pub- lished his translation of the Metamor- phofes of Ovid in 1626 , there does not appear to have been much improvement in the art of tranflating poetry till ...
... trans- lator , and could avail himself of it . FROM the time of Sandys , who pub- lished his translation of the Metamor- phofes of Ovid in 1626 , there does not appear to have been much improvement in the art of tranflating poetry till ...
Page 214
... medium of free and spirited trans- lation , for the attainment of which the most correct taste is requifite . IF the order in which I have claffed the the three general laws of translation is their juft and 214 Chap . IX . PRINCIPLES OF.
... medium of free and spirited trans- lation , for the attainment of which the most correct taste is requifite . IF the order in which I have claffed the the three general laws of translation is their juft and 214 Chap . IX . PRINCIPLES OF.
Page 216
... trans- lations of D'Ablancourt , an author o- therwise of very high merit . His ver- fions are admirable , fo long as we for- bear to compare them with the origi- nals : they are models of cafe , of ele- gance , and perfpicuity ; but he ...
... trans- lations of D'Ablancourt , an author o- therwise of very high merit . His ver- fions are admirable , fo long as we for- bear to compare them with the origi- nals : they are models of cafe , of ele- gance , and perfpicuity ; but he ...
Page 221
... trans- lation and paraphrafe are more eafily perceived than they can be well defined , instead of giving a general anfwer to this question , I think it safer to give my opinion upon particular examples . DR DR Lowth has adapted to the ...
... trans- lation and paraphrafe are more eafily perceived than they can be well defined , instead of giving a general anfwer to this question , I think it safer to give my opinion upon particular examples . DR DR Lowth has adapted to the ...
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Page 358 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin...
Page 67 - That servile path thou nobly dost decline Of tracing word by word, and line by line : A new and nobler way thou dost pursue, To make translations, and translators too : They but preserve the ashes, thou the flame, True to his sense, but truer to his fame.
Page 375 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 388 - O, how oft shall he On faith and changed gods complain, and seas Rough with black winds, and storms Unwonted shall admire ! Who now enjoys thee credulous, all gold, Who always vacant, always amiable Hopes thee, of flattering gales Unmindful. Hapless they, To whom thou untried seem'st fair ! Me, in my vow'd Picture, the sacred wall declares to have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern God of sea.
Page 387 - In early youth I die : Was I to blame, because his bride Was thrice as rich as I ? "Ah, Colin ! give not her thy vows, Vows due to me alone : Nor thou, fond maid, receive his kiss, Nor think him all thy own.
Page 79 - Olympus' cloudy tops arise, The sire of gods his awful silence broke; The heavens attentive trembled as he spoke: "Celestial states! immortal gods! give ear, Hear our decree, and reverence what ye hear; The fix'd decree which not all heaven can move; Thou, fate! fulfil it! and, ye powers, approve!
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Page 80 - Whose strong embrace holds heaven, and earth, and main: Strive all, of mortal, and immortal birth, To drag, by this, the Thunderer down to earth. Ye strive in vain! If I but stretch this hand, I heave the gods, the ocean, and the land; I fix the chain to great Olympus
Page 133 - So shall the fairest face appear, When youth and years are flown: Such is the robe that kings must wear, When death has reft their crown.
Page 79 - Or far, oh ! far from steep Olympus thrown, Low in the dark Tartarean gulf shall groan, With burning chains fix'd to the brazen floors, And lock'd by hell's inexorable doors ; As deep beneath th' infernal centre hurl'd, As from that centre to th