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. Essay on the Principles of Translation - Page 67by Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1797 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
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...like colder Climates are : In vain they Toil, fince nothing can beget A vital Spirit but a vital Heat. That fervile Path thou nobly doft decline Of tracing Word by Word, and Line by Line. Thofc 'Poems upon feveral Occafions. 1 1 j Thofe are the labour'd Births of Slavifh Brains, Not the... | |
| Sir John Denham - 1719 - 258 pages
...are : In vain they toil, ft nee nothing can beget A viral Spirit but a viral Heat. That fervilePath thou nobly 'doft decline Of tracing Word by Word, and Line by Line. Thole are the labour'd Births of ilavifli Brains, Not the Effea of Foetty, but Pains ; Cheap vulgar... | |
| Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...colder Climates are : In vain they toil, fince nothing can beget A vital Spirit, but a vital Heat. That fervile Path thou nobly doft decline Of tracing Word by Word, and Line by Line. Thofe are the labour'd Births of flavifh Brains, Not the EfFefts of Poetry, but Painj •, Cheap vulgar... | |
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...to Sir Rich. Fan/haw, on his Verfionof the Paftor Fido. 'fhat fervile Path thoa nobly daft dicltne, Of tracing Word by Word, and Line by Line;. A new and nobler Way than dojl furfue^ To make Trat^Jlatious and Iraxftators top ; 1'hey but frefer-oe the. Ajkes, thou... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...,Denhsm to Sir Rich. Fanjhaw, on his Verfion of the Paftor Fido. That fertile Path thou noblv dofl decline, ~ Of tracing Word by Word, and Line by Line. A new and nobler Way thou daft purfue, To make Translations and Tranftators too : They but preferve the Ajhes, thou the Flame,... | |
| Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...beft judges, particularly Sir John Denham, who after cenfuring fervile tranflators, thus goes on, fe A new and nobler way thou doft purfue To make tranflations...and tranflators too. They but preferve the afhes, thefe the flame, True to his fenfe, but truer to his fame. ABRAHAM COWLEY , • ; WA S the fon of a... | |
| John Dryden - 1760 - 476 pages
...it in the expreffion of Sir John Denham to Sir Richard Fanfhaw, on his verfion of the Paftor Fido. That fervile path thou nobly doft decline, Of tracing...too : They but preferve the afhes, thou the flame, True to his fenfe, but truer to his fame. It is almoft impoflible to tranflate verbally, and well,... | |
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...Take it in the expreffionofSSr John Denham to Sir Richard Fanfhaw, on hi^ verfion of the Paftor Fido. That fervile path thou nobly doft decline, Of tracing...word, and line by line. A new and nobler way thou dofl purfue, To make tranflations and tranflators too : They but preferve the allies, thou the flame,... | |
| Biography - 1761 - 536 pages
...judges : particularly, by fir John Denham, who, after cenfuring fervile tranflators, goes on thus: " A new and nobler way thou doft purfue " To make tranflations and tranflators too. " They but preferve the aQies, thou the flame, " True to his fenfe, but truer to his fame." FAREL (WILLIAM), a learned minifter... | |
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...it in the expreffion of Sir John Denham to Sir Richard Fanfhaw, on his verfion of the Paftor Fido. That fervile path thou nobly doft decline Of tracing...To make tranflations and tranflators too : They but prefcrve the afhes, thou the flame, True to his fenfe, but truer to his fame. It is almoft impoffible... | |
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