The Quarterly review, Volume 34Murray, 1826 |
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... least as a moral , if not as a descriptive , translator , and that the Achilles and Diomed of Pope may be truly said to be the Achilles and Diomed of Homer . Nor , though he is not so faith- ful a painter of manners as of passions , do ...
... least as a moral , if not as a descriptive , translator , and that the Achilles and Diomed of Pope may be truly said to be the Achilles and Diomed of Homer . Nor , though he is not so faith- ful a painter of manners as of passions , do ...
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... least ostentatious in its management , may also be said to be the most judicious in the purpose to which he applies it , using it to unite different verses , by links that are almost imperceptible , and making the recurrence of the ...
... least ostentatious in its management , may also be said to be the most judicious in the purpose to which he applies it , using it to unite different verses , by links that are almost imperceptible , and making the recurrence of the ...
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in music . Take the first least ostentatious example which offers itself to our recollection . " Of all the cities in Romanian lands , The chief and most renowned Ravenna stands ; Adorned in ancient times with arms and arts , And rich ...
in music . Take the first least ostentatious example which offers itself to our recollection . " Of all the cities in Romanian lands , The chief and most renowned Ravenna stands ; Adorned in ancient times with arms and arts , And rich ...
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... least , in- terred at Arras ; it is also true that Beaufort was apparently slain and beheaded by the Turks at the siege of Candia ; but , on the other hand , the unknown captive was named , in the register of his burial , Marchiali ...
... least , in- terred at Arras ; it is also true that Beaufort was apparently slain and beheaded by the Turks at the siege of Candia ; but , on the other hand , the unknown captive was named , in the register of his burial , Marchiali ...
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... least one half of the work , and thereby done both the author and the reader service . We could have well spared , for instance , the anxious and long winded investigation of the question , whether by nature mankind were intended to go ...
... least one half of the work , and thereby done both the author and the reader service . We could have well spared , for instance , the anxious and long winded investigation of the question , whether by nature mankind were intended to go ...
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admiration afford ancient Anglo-Saxon antiquity appears beautiful Bede bishop British Burke Captain cathedral century character charters church considered degree drama Duke Duke of Orleans effect employed England English equally exertions existing FAUST favour feeling female Florence of Worcester former France French genius give haircloth honour human improvement Ingulphus institutions interest John Kemble Julius Cæsar Kemble king labour land language less living London Lord Madame de Genlis manner means ment Mercia mind mode modern moral nature Nennius never noble novel object observed opinion original perhaps period person poet political possession present principles quadrupeds racters reader reign remarkable respect romance Royal Saxon Chronicle scarcely scene society Spain species spirit Stonesfield success surprized talents taste theatre thing thought tion Tom Jones translation Turketul vols Vortigern whole writer
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Page 210 - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
Page 516 - O God ! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea : and, other times, to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips...
Page 575 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Page 2 - He is to exhibit his author's thoughts in such a dress of diction as the author would have given them, had his language been English : rugged magnificence is not to be softened : hyperbolical ostentation is not to be repressed, nor sententious affectation to have its points blunted. A translator is to be like his author : it is not his business to excel him.
Page 193 - Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster.
Page 227 - But fill'd, in elder time, the historic page. There, Shakespeare's self, with every garland crown'd, Flew to those fairy climes his fancy sheen, In musing hour, his wayward Sisters found, And with their terrors drest the magic scene. From them he sung, when, 'mid his bold design, Before the Scot, afflicted, and aghast ! The shadowy kings of Banquo's fated line Through the dark cave in gleamy pageant pass'd.
Page 608 - The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask...
Page 368 - I am sorry for H. Fielding's death, not only as I shall read no more of his writings, but I believe he lost more than others, as no man enjoyed life more than he did, though few had less reason to do so, the highest of his preferment being raking in the lowest sinks of vice and misery.
Page 171 - It may, perhaps, be worth while to remark, that, if we except the poets, a few orators, and a few historians, the far greater part of the other eminent men of letters, both of Greece and Rome, appear to have been either public or private teachers ; generally either of philosophy or of rhetoric.
Page 216 - The Drama's laws, the Drama's patrons give; For those who live to please, must please to live.