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Page 46
I question much if a licence so unbounded as the following is justifiable , on the
principle of giving either ease or spirit to the original . In Lucian ' s Dialogue
Timon , Gnathonides , after being beaten by Timon , says to him , URO » 2 TOY
STO ...
I question much if a licence so unbounded as the following is justifiable , on the
principle of giving either ease or spirit to the original . In Lucian ' s Dialogue
Timon , Gnathonides , after being beaten by Timon , says to him , URO » 2 TOY
STO ...
Page 64
... and poesie is of so “ subtle a spirit , that in pouring out of one “ language into
another , it will all evapo“ rate ; and if a new spirit is not added in “ the transfusion
, there will remain nothing “ but a caput mortuum . " Denham ' s Preface to the 2d
...
... and poesie is of so “ subtle a spirit , that in pouring out of one “ language into
another , it will all evapo“ rate ; and if a new spirit is not added in “ the transfusion
, there will remain nothing “ but a caput mortuum . " Denham ' s Preface to the 2d
...
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almost equal to the original ; but in this experiment we must sacrifice all its ease
and spirit . “ I have said this rashly — I recol“ lect an omission - somewhat too late
in“ deed . It shall now be supplied , though “ a little preposterously . Homer does ...
almost equal to the original ; but in this experiment we must sacrifice all its ease
and spirit . “ I have said this rashly — I recol“ lect an omission - somewhat too late
in“ deed . It shall now be supplied , though “ a little preposterously . Homer does ...
Page 213
... indulged with a “ sufficient scope to secure the spirit , and as much as pos•
sible of the manner . I say as much as possible , because “ an English ' manner
must differ from a Greek one , in order " to be graceful , and for this there is no
remedy ...
... indulged with a “ sufficient scope to secure the spirit , and as much as pos•
sible of the manner . I say as much as possible , because “ an English ' manner
must differ from a Greek one , in order " to be graceful , and for this there is no
remedy ...
Page 218
... give it the ease of original composition . SOMETIMES , though very rarely , Mr
Melmoth fails to rival the ease and spirit of his model . The following passage
from one of Pliny ' s Epistles has an uncommon felicity of expression 218 CHAP .
IX .
... give it the ease of original composition . SOMETIMES , though very rarely , Mr
Melmoth fails to rival the ease and spirit of his model . The following passage
from one of Pliny ' s Epistles has an uncommon felicity of expression 218 CHAP .
IX .
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Page 318 - 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 326 - 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 109 - 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.
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Page 386 - 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...
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Page 73 - 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 120 - 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.
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| Title | Essay on the Principles of Translation |
| Author | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Neill & Company For A. Constable & Company, 1813 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 25 May 2007 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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