 | Ovid - 1725 - 388 pages
...him as a Pattern, and to wrife, as he fuppofes that Author would have done, had he liv'd in our Ape, and in our Country. Yet I dare not fay that either...carried this libertine way of rendering Authors (as Mr. Ctnuley calls it) fo far as my Definition reaches. For in the Pindarick Odes, the Cuftoms and Ceremonies... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...not to tranflate his Words, or to ' ,'••'. bebe confin'd to his Senfe, but only to fet him as ?. Pattern, and to write, as he fuppofes that Author would have done, had he liv'd in our Age, and in -our Country. Yet I dare not fey that either of them have carried this libertine... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 392 pages
...before him, on the fame fubjeft : that is, not to trar.flate his words, or to be confin'd to his fenfc. but only to let him as a pattern, and to write, as...either of them have carried this libertine way of VoL. 111. P rendering rendering authors (as Mr. Cowley calls it) fo far as my definition reaches. For... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 396 pages
...fame fubjecl : that is, not to tranflate his words, or to be confin'd to his fenfe, but only to fet him as a pattern, and to write, as he fuppofes that...either of them have carried this libertine way of VoL. III. P rendering rendering authors (as Mr; Cowley calls it) fo far as my definition reaches. For... | |
 | William King - 1776 - 326 pages
...the fame fulyeft ; that is, not to tranflatc his words, or "be confined to his fenfe, but only to fet him as a pattern, and ** to write as he fuppofes that...done, had •* he lived in our age and in our country. But he dares not fay ** that Sir John Denham t , or Mr. Cowley, have carried this Liber" tine way,... | |
 | William King - English wit and humor - 1776 - 330 pages
...tranflate his words, or '• be confined to his fenfe, but only to fet him as a pattern, and *' fo writs as he fuppofes that Author would have done, had •« he lived in our age and in our country. But he dares not fay •« that Sir John Dcuham t, or Mr. Cowley, have carried this Liber*• tine... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 376 pages
...fame fubjecl: : that is, not to tranftate his words, or to be confined to his fenfe ; but only to fet him as a pattern, and to write, as he fuppofes that...author would have done, had he lived in our age, and m our country. Yet I dare not fay that either of them have carried this libertine way of rendering... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 450 pages
...fame fubjeft; that is, not to tranftate his " words, or be confined to his fenfe, but only to fot " him as a pattern, and to write as he fuppofes that " Author would have done, had he lived m our age " and in our country. But he dares not fay that Sit " John, Denham *, or Mr. Cowley, have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 452 pages
...fame fubject; that is, not to tranflate his " words,, or be confined to- his fenfe, but only to fef: "him as a pattern, and to write as he fuppofes that " Author would have cone, had he lived in our age-. " and in our country. But he dares not fay that Sir " John Denham *,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...fame fubjeft : that is, not to tranflate his words, or to be confined to his fenfe ; but only to fet him as a pattern, and to write, as he fuppofes that author wonhi have done, had he lived in our age, and in our country. Yet I dare not fay that either of them... | |
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I take imitation of an author in their sense to be an endeavour of a later poet to write like one who has written before him on the same subject: that is, not to translate his words, or to be confined to his sense, but only to set him as a pattern, and... 
