Letters Concerning Poetical Translations, and Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c..J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane., 1739 - 83페이지 |
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... English Language : and has a Majesty in it fuperior to the Latin or Greek Tongue , and I believe to any other Language whatfoever . Many Inftances might be brought to support this Affertion from Great Authorities . I fhall produce one ...
... English Language : and has a Majesty in it fuperior to the Latin or Greek Tongue , and I believe to any other Language whatfoever . Many Inftances might be brought to support this Affertion from Great Authorities . I fhall produce one ...
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... English Tongue will be found to lye ; and for this reafon it may be faid to be more concife than the Latin ; which will appear if Virgil is turned into English , I mean even English Verfe . For Example : << Ubi tot Simois correpta fub ...
... English Tongue will be found to lye ; and for this reafon it may be faid to be more concife than the Latin ; which will appear if Virgil is turned into English , I mean even English Verfe . For Example : << Ubi tot Simois correpta fub ...
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... English Lines , and but one Line and three Parts of another in the Latin . Latin and English Lines cannot be compared together , because in a Latin Line there are fix Feet , and in an English Line but five . Again , in Latin Verfe there ...
... English Lines , and but one Line and three Parts of another in the Latin . Latin and English Lines cannot be compared together , because in a Latin Line there are fix Feet , and in an English Line but five . Again , in Latin Verfe there ...
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... English but twenty one . So that the English is almoft one third more concife than the Latin ; and at the fame time Virgil's Senfe fully expreffed . I will conclude this Letter with the Opinion of a I will ( 16 ) * Against the Italian ...
... English but twenty one . So that the English is almoft one third more concife than the Latin ; and at the fame time Virgil's Senfe fully expreffed . I will conclude this Letter with the Opinion of a I will ( 16 ) * Against the Italian ...
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... English does : This is eafily " obferved by the Translations of the English into " Foreign Languages . " The Strength and Concifenefs that Monofylla- ❝bles ( especially in Verbs ) produce , are of won- " derful Üfe in Lyrick Poetry ...
... English does : This is eafily " obferved by the Translations of the English into " Foreign Languages . " The Strength and Concifenefs that Monofylla- ❝bles ( especially in Verbs ) produce , are of won- " derful Üfe in Lyrick Poetry ...
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Æneid Alliteratio Alliteration Allufio Verborum Arthur Onslow auxiliary Verb becauſe Beginning Caïcus Carthage celebrated Lines Coaft Collocation concife Conclufion Cowley dedit Dryden Dunciad eafily Eneid English Language English Verfe Ennius Eridanus Erythraus Example faid fame fecond femper feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fing firft Line firſt foft fome fonitu Foot fpeaking ftrong fuch Goddeſs Greek Harmony Heav'n Homer Iambick Iliad Inftance infuper altos Italian itſelf juft laft laſt Latin Latin Language Letter Majefty Meaſure mighty Milton Milton's Verfification moft Monofyllables moſt Mufick muſt obferve occafion opaci Ovid Paffage Paradife Loft Paufe Pauſe perceiv'd Perfons Pit's plac'd pleaſe plural Numbers Poems Poetry poffible Pope Pow'r prefent Profe publick quæ quod raiſe Reaſon refpect rhym'd Verfe Rhyme Senfe Senſe Simois Stile Syllables taking notice terram thefe theſe Lines thing thoſe Tongue Tranflation Trapp uſe varying vero Verſe Virgil Voffius whence Words
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44 페이지 - O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds...
40 페이지 - OF Man's firft difobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte Brought death into the world, and all our woe. With lofs of Eden, till one greater Man Reftore us, and regain the blifsful feat, 5 Sing, heav'nly Mufe, that on the fecret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didft infpire That fhepherd, who firft taught the chofen feed...
8 페이지 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
42 페이지 - In loss itself : which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue. But he, his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth, not substance, gently raised Their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Then straight commands, that, at the warlike sound Of trumpets loud and clarions, be upreared His mighty standard. That proud honour claimed Azazel as his right, a Cherub tall...
70 페이지 - The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
81 페이지 - And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
43 페이지 - In jointed armour watch : on smooth the seal And bended dolphins play ; part, huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean : there Leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch'd like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land, and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea.
54 페이지 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
49 페이지 - Manlike, but different fex, fo lovely fair, That what feem'd fair in all the world, feem'd now Mean, or in her fumm'd up, in her contain'd And in her looks...
44 페이지 - Rocks, dens, and caves ! But I in none of these Find place or refuge ; and the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel...