Essay on the Principles of TranslationNeill & Company For A. Constable & Company, 1813 - 436 pages |
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Page 47
... assumes the liberty of retrenching the ideas of the original . AFTER the fatal horse had been admitted within the walls of Troy , Virgil thus de- scribes the coming on of that night which was to CHAP . III . 47 PRINCIPLES OF.
... assumes the liberty of retrenching the ideas of the original . AFTER the fatal horse had been admitted within the walls of Troy , Virgil thus de- scribes the coming on of that night which was to CHAP . III . 47 PRINCIPLES OF.
Page 48
... night : Our men secure , & c . OGILBY , with less of the spirit of poetry , has done more justice to the original : Meanwhile night rose from sea , whose spreading shade Hides heaven and earth , and plots the Grecians laid . Mr Pope ...
... night : Our men secure , & c . OGILBY , with less of the spirit of poetry , has done more justice to the original : Meanwhile night rose from sea , whose spreading shade Hides heaven and earth , and plots the Grecians laid . Mr Pope ...
Page 88
... of the mountains , " whose shade is unpleasant to the shep- " herds , but more commodious to the thief “ than the night itself , and when the gloom " is so intense , that one cannot see farther 88 CHAP . IV . PRINCIPLES OF.
... of the mountains , " whose shade is unpleasant to the shep- " herds , but more commodious to the thief “ than the night itself , and when the gloom " is so intense , that one cannot see farther 88 CHAP . IV . PRINCIPLES OF.
Page 89
... night of vapours round the mountain - heads , " Swift gliding mists the dusky fields invade , " To thieves more grateful than the midnight shade ; " While scarce the swains their feeding flocks survey , " Lost and confus'd amidst the ...
... night of vapours round the mountain - heads , " Swift gliding mists the dusky fields invade , " To thieves more grateful than the midnight shade ; " While scarce the swains their feeding flocks survey , " Lost and confus'd amidst the ...
Page 92
... night - piece that could be found in poetry : Ως δ ' ὅτ ἐν ἐρανῷ ἄστρα φαεινὴν ἀμφὶ σελήνην , Φαίνετ ' ἀριπρεπέα , ὅτε τ ̓ ἔπλετο νήνεμος αἰθὴρ , Ἔκ τ ' ἔφανον πᾶσαι σκοπιαὶ και πρώονες ἄκροι , Καὶ νάπαι · ἐρανόθεν δ ̓ ἄρ ̓ ὑπερράγη ...
... night - piece that could be found in poetry : Ως δ ' ὅτ ἐν ἐρανῷ ἄστρα φαεινὴν ἀμφὶ σελήνην , Φαίνετ ' ἀριπρεπέα , ὅτε τ ̓ ἔπλετο νήνεμος αἰθὴρ , Ἔκ τ ' ἔφανον πᾶσαι σκοπιαὶ και πρώονες ἄκροι , Καὶ νάπαι · ἐρανόθεν δ ̓ ἄρ ̓ ὑπερράγη ...
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Page 320 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 328 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 111 - In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep, And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light ; and there was light.
Page 104 - Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ; Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one.
Page 336 - J'ai dévoré force moutons. Que m'avaient-ils fait ? Nulle offense ; Même il m'est arrivé quelquefois de manger Le berger. Je me dévouerai donc, s'il le faut ; mais je pense Qu'il est bon que chacun s'accuse ainsi que moi ; Car on doit souhaiter, selon toute justice, Que le plus coupable périsse.
Page 388 - For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 93 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 75 - That servile path thou nobly dost decline, Of tracing word by word, and line by line : A new and nobler way thou dost pursue, To make translations ,and translators too : They but preserve the ashes, thou the flame, True to his sense, but truer to his fame.
Page 122 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Page 320 - I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.