Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 161
... translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he who intends to translate him should endeavour to understand him ; that perspicuity should be studied , and unusual and uncouth names sparingly inserted ...
... translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he who intends to translate him should endeavour to understand him ; that perspicuity should be studied , and unusual and uncouth names sparingly inserted ...
Page 295
... translation . When languages are formed upon different principles , it is impossible that the same modes of expression should always be elegant in both . While they run on together , the closest translation may be considered as the best ...
... translation . When languages are formed upon different principles , it is impossible that the same modes of expression should always be elegant in both . While they run on together , the closest translation may be considered as the best ...
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... translated it at school ; but not that he preserved or published the juvenile perfor- mance . Not long afterwards he undertook perhaps the most arduous work of its kind , a translation of Virgil , for which he had shewn how well he was ...
... translated it at school ; but not that he preserved or published the juvenile perfor- mance . Not long afterwards he undertook perhaps the most arduous work of its kind , a translation of Virgil , for which he had shewn how well he was ...
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