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Page 46
... leisure hour . You are too well acquainted with the genius of the Persian lan- guage , not to perceive the rashness of my attempt . I do not , indeed , pretend to give the beauty of the original , but merely its sense , simple and ...
... leisure hour . You are too well acquainted with the genius of the Persian lan- guage , not to perceive the rashness of my attempt . I do not , indeed , pretend to give the beauty of the original , but merely its sense , simple and ...
Page 51
... leisure hours . My relapse has produced the translation of about fifty odes of our learned Hafez , For whom , each hour a growing fondness brings , t As by degrees the vernal alder springs . But observing , in the progress of the work ...
... leisure hours . My relapse has produced the translation of about fifty odes of our learned Hafez , For whom , each hour a growing fondness brings , t As by degrees the vernal alder springs . But observing , in the progress of the work ...
Page 83
... leisure , and which the total want of it made almost inevitable . Excuse , also , the insertion of the two odes , which you sent to me with a French translation only ; and lastly , I must beg your excuse for the liberty , which I could ...
... leisure , and which the total want of it made almost inevitable . Excuse , also , the insertion of the two odes , which you sent to me with a French translation only ; and lastly , I must beg your excuse for the liberty , which I could ...
Page 95
... leisure , with some degree of independence . In the mean time I amuse myself with the choicest of the Persian poets ; and I have the . good fortune to possess many manuscripts , which I have either purchased or borrowed from my friends ...
... leisure , with some degree of independence . In the mean time I amuse myself with the choicest of the Persian poets ; and I have the . good fortune to possess many manuscripts , which I have either purchased or borrowed from my friends ...
Page 96
... leisure to publish my Commentaries on Asiatic Poetry . Do not , however , imagine that I despise the usual enjoyments of youth ; no one can take more delight in singing and dancing than I do , nor in the moderate use of wine , nor in ...
... leisure to publish my Commentaries on Asiatic Poetry . Do not , however , imagine that I despise the usual enjoyments of youth ; no one can take more delight in singing and dancing than I do , nor in the moderate use of wine , nor in ...
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