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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 ...
Page 317
... translated it at school ; but ot that he preserved or published the juvenile perfor- Lance . Not long afterwards he undertook perhaps the most duous work of its kind , a translation of Virgil , for aich he had shewn how well he was ...
... translated it at school ; but ot that he preserved or published the juvenile perfor- Lance . Not long afterwards he undertook perhaps the most duous work of its kind , a translation of Virgil , for aich he had shewn how well he was ...
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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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