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Pagina 138
... 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 ...
Pagina 232
... 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 ...
Pagina 250
Samuel Johnson. that he once translated it at school ; but not that he preserved or published the juvenile performance . Not long afterwards he undertook , perhaps , the most arduous work of its kind , a translation of Virgil , for which ...
Samuel Johnson. that he once translated it at school ; but not that he preserved or published the juvenile performance . Not long afterwards he undertook , perhaps , the most arduous work of its kind , a translation of Virgil , for which ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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