The Best of DrydenT. Nelson and sons, 1933 - 572 sivua |
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Sivu 489
... Virgil therefore , being so very sparing of his words , and leaving so much to be imagined by the reader , can never be translated as he ought , in any modern tongue . To make him copious , is to alter his character ; and to translate ...
... Virgil therefore , being so very sparing of his words , and leaving so much to be imagined by the reader , can never be translated as he ought , in any modern tongue . To make him copious , is to alter his character ; and to translate ...
Sivu 507
... Virgil was of a quiet , sedate temper ; Homer was violent , impetuous , and full of fire . The 200 chief talent of Virgil was propriety of thoughts , and ornament of words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts , and took all the liberties ...
... Virgil was of a quiet , sedate temper ; Homer was violent , impetuous , and full of fire . The 200 chief talent of Virgil was propriety of thoughts , and ornament of words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts , and took all the liberties ...
Sivu 508
... Virgil's 220 poem are the four and twenty Iliads contracted : a quarrel occasioned by a lady , a single combat , bat- tles fought , and a town besieged . I say not this in derogation to Virgil , neither do I contradict any- thing which ...
... Virgil's 220 poem are the four and twenty Iliads contracted : a quarrel occasioned by a lady , a single combat , bat- tles fought , and a town besieged . I say not this in derogation to Virgil , neither do I contradict any- thing which ...
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PREFACE | ix |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS | 4 |
TO MY HONORD FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD | 11 |
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