The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations, Volume 4Rivington, 1811 |
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Page 77
... means , which will na- turally conduct him to his end . This will be evi- dent to judicious readers in his Epiftles , of which somewhat , at least in general , will be expected . The title of them in our late editions is Epiftolæ ...
... means , which will na- turally conduct him to his end . This will be evi- dent to judicious readers in his Epiftles , of which somewhat , at least in general , will be expected . The title of them in our late editions is Epiftolæ ...
Page 83
... mean as to our under- standing ) to foar out of fight , and leave his reader at a gaze . So wild and ungovernable a Poet cannot be translated literally ; his genius is too strong to bear a chain , and , Samfon - like , he shakes it off ...
... mean as to our under- standing ) to foar out of fight , and leave his reader at a gaze . So wild and ungovernable a Poet cannot be translated literally ; his genius is too strong to bear a chain , and , Samfon - like , he shakes it off ...
Page 84
... mean betwixt them , it will be feen how far his argument will reach . No man is capable of tranflating Poetry , who ... means the spirit of an author may be transfufed , 84 PREFACE .
... mean betwixt them , it will be feen how far his argument will reach . No man is capable of tranflating Poetry , who ... means the spirit of an author may be transfufed , 84 PREFACE .
Page 85
Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations John Dryden. means the spirit of an author may be transfufed , and yet not loft and thus it is plain , that the reafon al- ledged by Sir John Denham has no farther force than to ...
Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations John Dryden. means the spirit of an author may be transfufed , and yet not loft and thus it is plain , that the reafon al- ledged by Sir John Denham has no farther force than to ...
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... mean time , it seems to me , that the true reafon , why we have fo few verfions which are tolerable , is not from the too close purfu- ing of the author's fenfe , but because there are fo few , who have all the talents , which are ...
... mean time , it seems to me , that the true reafon , why we have fo few verfions which are tolerable , is not from the too close purfu- ing of the author's fenfe , but because there are fo few , who have all the talents , which are ...
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Æneid againſt alfo amongſt anfwer becauſe befides beſt betwixt breaft Cæfar Cafaubon caufe cauſe crime defign defire Ennius Ev'n ev'ry eyes fafely faid fame fate fatire fear feas fecond fecret fecure feems fenfe fent fhall fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flave fome fometimes foul ftill fubject fuch fure fword give gods Grecian himſelf Horace huſband inftruction Jove juft Juvenal king laft leaſt lefs Livius Andronicus loft lord Lucilius mafter moft moſt mufe muft muſt numbers o'er obfcure obferve occafion Ovid Pacuvius paffage paffions Perfius perfons pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe prefent Quintilian raiſe reafon reft rife Roman Rome Satire SATIRE OF JUVENAL Sejanus ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflation underſtand uſed verfe verſe vices Virgil WARTON whofe wife words worfe write
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Page 367 - Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue.
Page 84 - ... poesie is of so subtle a spirit, that in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate ; and if a new spirit be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum...
Page 84 - No man is capable of translating poetry, who besides a genius to that art, is not a master both of his author's language, and of his own. Nor must we understand the language only of the poet, but his particular turn of thoughts and expression, which are the characters that distinguish, and as it were individuate, him from all other writers.
Page 323 - Scarce can our Fields, such Crowds at Tyburn die, With Hemp the Gallows and the Fleet supply. Propose your Schemes, ye Senatorian Band, Whose Ways and Means support the sinking Land; Lest Ropes be wanting in the tempting Spring, To rig another Convoy for the K[in]g.
Page 256 - How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
Page 275 - Homer, whose age had not arrived to that fineness, I found in him a true sublimity, lofty thoughts, which were clothed with admirable Grecisms, and ancient words, which he had been digging from the mines of Chaucer and Spenser, and which, with all their rusticity, had somewhat of venerable in them. But I found not there neither that for which I looked.
Page 380 - Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain, " Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Page 51 - On four feet imitates his brother beast: By slow degrees he gathers from the ground His legs, and to the rolling chair is bound; Then walks alone; a horseman now become, He rides a stick, and travels round the room.
Page 181 - The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets; and yet both of them are liable to many censures.
Page 96 - Nor has my love made any coxcomb vain. Your boldnefs I with admiration fee ; What hope had you to gain a queen like me...