The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... translations of the second book of Virgil : Conticuere omnes . They whisted all . " and Lyly , in his Maid's Metamorphosis , 1600 : " But every thing is quiet , whist , and still . " STEEVENS . 6 - the burden bear . ] Old copy - bear ...
... translations of the second book of Virgil : Conticuere omnes . They whisted all . " and Lyly , in his Maid's Metamorphosis , 1600 : " But every thing is quiet , whist , and still . " STEEVENS . 6 - the burden bear . ] Old copy - bear ...
Page 48
... translator , and examine whether the idea might not be fully comprehended by an English reader , fuppofing it neceffarily borrowed from Virgil . Hexameters in our language are almost forgotten ; we will quote therefore this time from ...
... translator , and examine whether the idea might not be fully comprehended by an English reader , fuppofing it neceffarily borrowed from Virgil . Hexameters in our language are almost forgotten ; we will quote therefore this time from ...
Page 138
... translator adds , in a marginal note , " The racke or motion of the clouds , for the clouds . " Again , in Dryden's version of the tenth Aneid : - the doubtful rack of heaven " Stands without motion , and the tide undriven . " Mr ...
... translator adds , in a marginal note , " The racke or motion of the clouds , for the clouds . " Again , in Dryden's version of the tenth Aneid : - the doubtful rack of heaven " Stands without motion , and the tide undriven . " Mr ...
Page 168
... Translation of Montaigne , 1603 : " You often cried Coragio , and called ça , ça . " Again , in the Blind Beggar of Alexandria , 1598. STEEVENS . 7 Is a plain fish , ] That is , plainly , evidently a fish . So , in Fletcher's Scornful ...
... Translation of Montaigne , 1603 : " You often cried Coragio , and called ça , ça . " Again , in the Blind Beggar of Alexandria , 1598. STEEVENS . 7 Is a plain fish , ] That is , plainly , evidently a fish . So , in Fletcher's Scornful ...
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... of a critic's science will not prove what is defired . A painter knows a copy from an original by rules somewhat resembling those by which critics know a translation , which , if it be literal , * Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.] Some of the ...
... of a critic's science will not prove what is defired . A painter knows a copy from an original by rules somewhat resembling those by which critics know a translation , which , if it be literal , * Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.] Some of the ...
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