The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3Little, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
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... TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS , LUCRETIUS , AND HORACE . Preface to the Second Miscellany Amaryllis ; or , the Third Idyllium of Theocritus , • 101 102 103 105 107 110 112 • 113 115 · 117 • 119 121 124 paraphrased • The Epithalamium of ...
... TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS , LUCRETIUS , AND HORACE . Preface to the Second Miscellany Amaryllis ; or , the Third Idyllium of Theocritus , • 101 102 103 105 107 110 112 • 113 115 · 117 • 119 121 124 paraphrased • The Epithalamium of ...
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... nor we , with all our pains , Can make clean work ; there will be some remains , While you have still your Oates , and we our Hains . 45 : 124 TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS , LUCRETIUS , AND HORACE . PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES . 123.
... nor we , with all our pains , Can make clean work ; there will be some remains , While you have still your Oates , and we our Hains . 45 : 124 TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS , LUCRETIUS , AND HORACE . PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES . 123.
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... Translated Verse ; which made me uneasy till I tried whether or no I was capable of follow- ing his rules , and ... TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS, LUCRETIUS, HORACE Preface to the Second Miscellany.
... Translated Verse ; which made me uneasy till I tried whether or no I was capable of follow- ing his rules , and ... TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS, LUCRETIUS, HORACE Preface to the Second Miscellany.
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... translated ? But I dare assure them , that a good Poet is no more like himself , in a dull translation , than his carcass would be to his living body . There are many , who understand Greek and Latin , and yet are ignorant of their ...
... translated ? But I dare assure them , that a good Poet is no more like himself , in a dull translation , than his carcass would be to his living body . There are many , who understand Greek and Latin , and yet are ignorant of their ...
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... see , even in our best poets , who have translated some parts of them , that they have con- founded their several talents ; and , by endeavouring only at the sweetness and harmony of numbers , have made them 126 PREFACE .
... see , even in our best poets , who have translated some parts of them , that they have con- founded their several talents ; and , by endeavouring only at the sweetness and harmony of numbers , have made them 126 PREFACE .
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