Twayne's English Authors Series, Volume 115Twayne Publishers, 1972 |
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Page 44
... translations by Richard Lovelace and Thomas Stanley reveals what it was that so charmed Johnson . " The Grasshopper " is ... translation : Happy Insect , what can be In happiness compar'd to Thee ? Fed with nourishment divine , The dewy ...
... translations by Richard Lovelace and Thomas Stanley reveals what it was that so charmed Johnson . " The Grasshopper " is ... translation : Happy Insect , what can be In happiness compar'd to Thee ? Fed with nourishment divine , The dewy ...
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... translation of Pindar , because he alone was able to make him amends , by giving him better of his own whenever he ... translated literally , his genius is too strong to bear a chain , and Samson - like he shakes it off . A genius so ...
... translation of Pindar , because he alone was able to make him amends , by giving him better of his own whenever he ... translated literally , his genius is too strong to bear a chain , and Samson - like he shakes it off . A genius so ...
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... translation from Vergil he is still thinking in terms of the long periodic sentence . There , as Walton observes , " the diction maintains an even decorum without colloquialisms or excessive heroic ex- aggerations . His fancy and ...
... translation from Vergil he is still thinking in terms of the long periodic sentence . There , as Walton observes , " the diction maintains an even decorum without colloquialisms or excessive heroic ex- aggerations . His fancy and ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
The Muses Hannibal | 34 |
The great Methusalem of Love | 47 |
Copyright | |
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