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... 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 ...
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... translator . He is to exhibit his author's thoughts in such a dress of diction as the author would have given ... translation . The authority of Horace , which the new translators cited in defence of their practice , he has , by a ...
... translator . He is to exhibit his author's thoughts in such a dress of diction as the author would have given ... translation . The authority of Horace , which the new translators cited in defence of their practice , he has , by a ...
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... translation of the Eneid , which , when dragged into the world , did not live long enough to cry . I have never seen ... translate Virgil ; and all his works have been attempted by men better qualified to contend with Dryden . I ...
... translation of the Eneid , which , when dragged into the world , did not live long enough to cry . I have never seen ... translate Virgil ; and all his works have been attempted by men better qualified to contend with Dryden . I ...
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