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Page 99
... verses which are purely his own . The original turn which he gives to his translations , the boldness of his expreffions , fo little forced and un- natural , that they seem to be born , as it were , with his thoughts , difplay almost as ...
... verses which are purely his own . The original turn which he gives to his translations , the boldness of his expreffions , fo little forced and un- natural , that they seem to be born , as it were , with his thoughts , difplay almost as ...
Page 153
... verse should be lengthened to express speed , will not easily be discovered . In the dactyls . used for that purpose by the ancients , two short fyllables were pronounced with such rapidity , as to be equal only to one long ; they ...
... verse should be lengthened to express speed , will not easily be discovered . In the dactyls . used for that purpose by the ancients , two short fyllables were pronounced with such rapidity , as to be equal only to one long ; they ...
Page 280
... verse , in their re- fpective languages ; who have yet mani- fefted the force , fertility , and creative power of a ... verses . See , particularly , the ftory of Amu rath , N ° . 20 , of Nouraddin and Amana , N ° . 73 , and of Carazan ...
... verse , in their re- fpective languages ; who have yet mani- fefted the force , fertility , and creative power of a ... verses . See , particularly , the ftory of Amu rath , N ° . 20 , of Nouraddin and Amana , N ° . 73 , and of Carazan ...
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