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... study , but requires a larger portion of native talents and of genuine taste , than are necessary for excelling in many departments of original composition . Introduction , CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Description of a good PREFACE . ix.
... study , but requires a larger portion of native talents and of genuine taste , than are necessary for excelling in many departments of original composition . Introduction , CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Description of a good PREFACE . ix.
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... composition . - Extreme difficulty in the observance of this rule . - Contrasted instances of success and failure . Of the necessity of sacrifi- cing one rule to another , Page 209 CHAPTER X. It is less difficult to attain the ease of ...
... composition . - Extreme difficulty in the observance of this rule . - Contrasted instances of success and failure . Of the necessity of sacrifi- cing one rule to another , Page 209 CHAPTER X. It is less difficult to attain the ease of ...
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... Composition which render Translation difficult . — Antiquated Terms . - New Terms . - Verba Ardentia . - Simplicity of Thought and Expression . - In Prose - In Poetry . - Naïveté in the latter . - Chaulieu , -Parnelle , -Theocritus ...
... Composition which render Translation difficult . — Antiquated Terms . - New Terms . - Verba Ardentia . - Simplicity of Thought and Expression . - In Prose - In Poetry . - Naïveté in the latter . - Chaulieu , -Parnelle , -Theocritus ...
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... composition of the same species with that which they have translated , ―Of Vol- taire's Translations from Shakespeare . - Of the pe- culiar character of the wit of Voltaire . - His Trans- lation from Hudibras . — Excellent anonymous ...
... composition of the same species with that which they have translated , ―Of Vol- taire's Translations from Shakespeare . - Of the pe- culiar character of the wit of Voltaire . - His Trans- lation from Hudibras . — Excellent anonymous ...
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... composition , than the strict meaning of all his words . The present work , therefore , enlarged idea of Translation , which is relative to the more and attempts to lay down the rules only of that species of composition , can have ...
... composition , than the strict meaning of all his words . The present work , therefore , enlarged idea of Translation , which is relative to the more and attempts to lay down the rules only of that species of composition , can have ...
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Page 320 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 328 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 111 - In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep, And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light ; and there was light.
Page 104 - Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ; Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one.
Page 336 - J'ai dévoré force moutons. Que m'avaient-ils fait ? Nulle offense ; Même il m'est arrivé quelquefois de manger Le berger. Je me dévouerai donc, s'il le faut ; mais je pense Qu'il est bon que chacun s'accuse ainsi que moi ; Car on doit souhaiter, selon toute justice, Que le plus coupable périsse.
Page 388 - For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, 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 93 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 75 - 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 122 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Page 320 - I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.