Letters Concerning Poetical Translations: And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c"Letters Concerning Poetical Translations" by William Benson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format. |
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... is not nicely attended to, if any great matter is added or left out, Homer will be
fought for in vain in the Translation. He always hurries on as fast as possible, as
Horace justly observes, semper ad eventum festinat; and that is the reason why
he ...
... is not nicely attended to, if any great matter is added or left out, Homer will be
fought for in vain in the Translation. He always hurries on as fast as possible, as
Horace justly observes, semper ad eventum festinat; and that is the reason why
he ...
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For the same Reason he introduces the most solemn and most important Speech
in the Æneid, with three Monosyllables, which causes great Delay in the Speaker
, and gives great Majesty to the Speech. —O Qui Res Hominumq; Deumq;— ...
For the same Reason he introduces the most solemn and most important Speech
in the Æneid, with three Monosyllables, which causes great Delay in the Speaker
, and gives great Majesty to the Speech. —O Qui Res Hominumq; Deumq;— ...
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The Expression is certainly more beautiful and more poetical; and the reason of it
is, that it occasions suspence, which raises the attention; or in other Words the
auxiliary Verb gives notice of something coming, before the principal thing itself ...
The Expression is certainly more beautiful and more poetical; and the reason of it
is, that it occasions suspence, which raises the attention; or in other Words the
auxiliary Verb gives notice of something coming, before the principal thing itself ...
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Mr. Pope had reason to be dissatisfy'd with the O in the second Line, and to reject
it; for Homer has nothing of it. But now let us see how the Vacancy is supplied in
Mr. Pope's new Translation. Achilles' Wrath, to Greece the direful Spring Of ...
Mr. Pope had reason to be dissatisfy'd with the O in the second Line, and to reject
it; for Homer has nothing of it. But now let us see how the Vacancy is supplied in
Mr. Pope's new Translation. Achilles' Wrath, to Greece the direful Spring Of ...
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