The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, with Notes, Volume 4F. C. and J. Rivington, 1811 |
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... most learned and beautiful parts of the Metamorphofes . A KING is fought to guide the growing state , One able to fupport the public weight , And fill the throne where Romulus had fate . It is a fingular circumftance , that neither ...
... most learned and beautiful parts of the Metamorphofes . A KING is fought to guide the growing state , One able to fupport the public weight , And fill the throne where Romulus had fate . It is a fingular circumftance , that neither ...
Page 73
... most confirms me against this opinion is , that Ovid himself complains , that the true person of Corinna was found out by the fame of his verses to her which if it had been Julia , he durft not have owned ; and , befides , an immediate ...
... most confirms me against this opinion is , that Ovid himself complains , that the true person of Corinna was found out by the fame of his verses to her which if it had been Julia , he durft not have owned ; and , befides , an immediate ...
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... most severe cenfor cannot but be pleafed with the prodigality of his wit , though at the fame time he could have wished that the master of it had been a better manager . Every thing which he does becomes him ; and , if sometimes he ...
... most severe cenfor cannot but be pleafed with the prodigality of his wit , though at the fame time he could have wished that the master of it had been a better manager . Every thing which he does becomes him ; and , if sometimes he ...
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... most proper . All tranflation , I fuppofe , may be reduced to these three heads : First , that of Metaphrase , or turning an author word by word , and line by line , from one language into another . Thus , or near this manner , was Ho ...
... most proper . All tranflation , I fuppofe , may be reduced to these three heads : First , that of Metaphrase , or turning an author word by word , and line by line , from one language into another . Thus , or near this manner , was Ho ...
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... most advantageous way for a tranflator to fhew himself , but the greatest wrong which can be done to the memory and reputation of the dead . Sir John Denham ( who advised more liberty than he took him- felf ) gives his reafon for his ...
... most advantageous way for a tranflator to fhew himself , but the greatest wrong which can be done to the memory and reputation of the dead . Sir John Denham ( who advised more liberty than he took him- felf ) gives his reafon for his ...
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Page 257 - Neither is it true, that this fineness of raillery is offensive. A witty man is tickled while he is hurt in this manner, and a fool feels it not.
Page 275 - Queen ;" and there I met with that which I had been looking for so long in vain. Spenser had studied Virgil to as much advantage as Milton had done Homer ; and amongst the rest of his excellencies had copied that.
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 380 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
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 372 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign. Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows...
Page 31 - But swiftness is the vice I only fear. Yet, if you knew me well, you would not...
Page 265 - Satire is a kind of poetry, without a series of action, invented for the purging of our minds ; in which human vices, ignorance, and errors, and all things besides, which are produced from them in every man, are severely reprehended...
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 83 - To state it fairly; imitation of an author is the most advantageous way for a translator to show himself, but the greatest wrong which can be done to the memory and reputation of the dead.