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Page 13
... translations of some little poems , which pass , however justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gayety , in which , even the mo- rality is voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment ...
... translations of some little poems , which pass , however justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gayety , in which , even the mo- rality is voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment ...
Page 14
... translation , it may be very properly con- sulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour ! Great Rhea's son , If in ...
... translation , it may be very properly con- sulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour ! Great Rhea's son , If in ...
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... translation from servility , and instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and that if he ... translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his ...
... translation from servility , and instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his side ; and that if he ... translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his ...
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... translation of " Cato Major . " 2 K He now resided in France as one of the fol- lowers of the exiled king ; and to divert the melancholy of their condition , was sometimes enjoined by his master to write occasional ver- ses ; one of ...
... translation of " Cato Major . " 2 K He now resided in France as one of the fol- lowers of the exiled king ; and to divert the melancholy of their condition , was sometimes enjoined by his master to write occasional ver- ses ; one of ...
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... translator : I bor yatbostenybare line of limitation ; the different parts of the sen- so no Not the effect of ... translations and translators too . rs to9.10 aftesb They but preserve the ashes ; thou the flame , True to his sense , but ...
... translator : I bor yatbostenybare line of limitation ; the different parts of the sen- so no Not the effect of ... translations and translators too . rs to9.10 aftesb They but preserve the ashes ; thou the flame , True to his sense , but ...
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