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Sivu xxxix
... Virgil was of a quiet , sedate temper ; Homer was violent , impetuous , and full of fire . The 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 chief talent of Virgil was propriety of thoughts , and ornament of words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts , and took all the liberties ...
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 490
... Virgil's words , and in them principally consists 250 that beauty which gives so unexpressible a pleasure to him who best understands their force . This dic- tion of his , I must once again say , is never to be cop- ied ; and , since it ...
... Virgil's words , and in them principally consists 250 that beauty which gives so unexpressible a pleasure to him who best understands their force . This dic- tion of his , I must once again say , is never to be cop- ied ; and , since it ...
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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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