 As a translator, Mickle deserves the severest blame. His liberty is licentious : at his best he is splendide mendax. He is not satisfied with paraphrase and omissions : he rejoices in impertinent intrusions and interpretations ; and he evidently holds,...  Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads - Page 148by Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1881 - 738 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Richard Francis Burton - 1881 - 384 pages
...excellent Critique on Southey's rash and often valueless judgments, see Quillinan in Jur. i. 289-90. intrudes his own. He opens his rdle of originality...the Orlando Furioso : " London, Bell & Daldy, 1872. 1 He will turn Afonso or Affonso into Alonzo ; Nuno to Nunio ; Magr19O to Magricio ; Seine to Seyn... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1881 - 386 pages
...translator, Mickle deserves the severest blame. His liberty is licentious : at his best he is splendide mendax. He is not satisfied with paraphrase and omissions...the Orlando Furioso : " London, Bell & Daldy, 1872. 2 He will turn Afonso or Affonso into Alonzo ; Nuno to Nunio ; Magrijo to Magricio ; Seine to Seyn... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1881 - 384 pages
...translator, Mickle deserves the severest blame. His liberty is licentious : at his best he is splendide mendax. He is not satisfied with paraphrase and omissions...the Orlando Furioso : " London, Bell & Daldy, 1872. 2 He will turn Afonso or Affonso into Alonzo ; Nuno to Nunio ; Magrico to Magricio ; Seine to Seyn... | |
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