...it in the expression of Sir John Denham to Sir Richard Fanshaw, on his version of the Pastor Fido : A new and nobler way thou dost pursue, To make translations and translators too : Thty but preserve the ashes, thou the (lame, True to his sense, but truer to I>ia tame. It is almost...

...of Sir Johu Denham to Sir Richard Fanshaw, on his version of the Pastor Fido : — " Tlint servlle path thou nobly dost decline, Of tracing word by word, and line by line. A new and nobler way thou doat pursue, To make. translations and translators too : They but preserve the ashes, thou the name...

...In reference to Fanshawe's version of Guarini, Sir John Denham writes : — That servile path them nobly dost decline, Of tracing word by word and line by line, Those are the laboured birth of slavish brains, Not the effect of poetry, but pains, Cheap vulgar arts,...

...awarded the praise given by Denh.Lm to Fanshawe, when contrasting him with poor literal translators — They but preserve the ashes ; thou the flame, True to his sense but truer to his fame. It is an interesting speculation to evolve from the literature of any period the peculiar character...

...Fanshaw, when he distinguished him from those translators who had displayed " less poetry than pains." They but preserve the ashes, thou the flame — True to his sense, but truer to his fame. 2 1 Johnson's Works, vol, ix. p. 78. 8 On Fanshaw's Translation of Pastor Fido. TRANSLATIONS. (FROM...

...Parish Register. Some vip'rous critic may bereave Th' opinion of thy work for some defect. DANIEL. That servile path thou nobly dost decline Of tracing word by word, and line by line. SIR J. DENHAM. Your intention hold. As fire these drossy rhymes to purify. Or as elixir to change them...

...Sir Richard Fanshawe, on his translation of Pastor Filio, our poet says : On Poetical Translations. obert Chambers Those are the laboured births of slavish brains, Not the effect of poetry, but pains. Cheap vulgar...

...it in the expression of Sir John Denham to Sir Eichard Fanshawe, on his version of the Pastor Fido: That servile path thou nobly dost decline Of tracing...They but preserve the ashes, thou the flame, True to hia sense, but truer to hia fame. 3 It is almost impossible to translate verbally, and well, at the...

...condemning servile translators, contrasts their style with that of Fanshaw, apostrophising him thus : — A new and nobler way thou dost pursue, To make translations...and translators too. They but ^preserve the ashes, Ihou the flame, True to his sense, but truer to his fame. The book-plate of the library of Trinity...

...: Parish Register. Some vip'rous critic may bereave TV opinion of thy work for some defect. DANIEL. That servile path thou nobly dost decline Of tracing word by word, and line by line. SIR J. DENHAM. Your intention hold, As fire these drossy rhymes to purify. Or as elixir to change them...