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Those I must tell , I have in this translation , rather sought his spirit , than numbers
; yet the music of verse not neg . lected neither , since the English ear better
heareth the distich , and findeth that sweetness , which the Latin affected , and ...
Those I must tell , I have in this translation , rather sought his spirit , than numbers
; yet the music of verse not neg . lected neither , since the English ear better
heareth the distich , and findeth that sweetness , which the Latin affected , and ...
Page 199
In 1768 Hawkesworth undertook a translation of the Telemachas of Fenelon ,
which was published by subscription in one volume quarto . For this work he had
every requisite , and it is perhaps one of the most successful translations ever ...
In 1768 Hawkesworth undertook a translation of the Telemachas of Fenelon ,
which was published by subscription in one volume quarto . For this work he had
every requisite , and it is perhaps one of the most successful translations ever ...
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In 1739 she translated , and published without her name , a French critique on
Pope's Essay on Man ; and in the same year a translation from the Italian , - Sir
Isaac Newton's philosophy explained for the use of Ladies , proceeded from her
pen ...
In 1739 she translated , and published without her name , a French critique on
Pope's Essay on Man ; and in the same year a translation from the Italian , - Sir
Isaac Newton's philosophy explained for the use of Ladies , proceeded from her
pen ...
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He told me his frincipal motive for translating Horace into verse , was to
supersede the prose translation which he did for Newbery , which he said would
hurt his memory . He intends , however , to review that translation , and print it at
the foot ...
He told me his frincipal motive for translating Horace into verse , was to
supersede the prose translation which he did for Newbery , which he said would
hurt his memory . He intends , however , to review that translation , and print it at
the foot ...
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If an exception may be made to this remark , it will perhaps apply to some
fragments of a translation of Dante ; these are much more elaborate than any of
his other compositions , and give us sufficient cause to regret that he was
prevented from ...
If an exception may be made to this remark , it will perhaps apply to some
fragments of a translation of Dante ; these are much more elaborate than any of
his other compositions , and give us sufficient cause to regret that he was
prevented from ...
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| Title | Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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