| Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 sider
...humble. In the proper choice of ftyle confifts the refemblance which Dryden principally exacts from oz the the tranflator. He is to exhibit his author's...author would have given them, had his language been Englifli : rugged magnificence is not to be foftened : hyperbolical oftentation is not to be repreffed,... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1779 - 510 sider
...proper choice of ftyle confins the refemblance which Dryden principally exacls from the tranflaror. He is to exhibit his author's thoughts in fuch a drefs of diflion as the author would have given them, had his language been Engliíh : rugged magniЯсепсе... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 sider
...humble. In the proper choice of ftyle conlifts the refemblance which Dryden principally exads from the tranflator. He is to exhibit his author's thoughts...author would have given them, had his language been Englim : rugged magnificence is not to be foftened : hyperbolical oftentation is not to be reprefled,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 sider
...humble. In the proper choice of ftyle confifts the refemblance which Dryden principally exacts from the tranflator. He is to exhibit his author's thoughts in fuch a drefs of didlion as the author would have given them, had his language been Englifh : rugged magnificence is... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 484 sider
...humble. In the proper choice of ftyle confifts the refemblance which Dryden princfjpally, exacts from the tranflator. He is to exhibit his author's thoughts...a drefs of .diction as the author would have given themj had his language been Englifh: rugged magnifipence is not to be foftened: Jiyperbplical oftentation... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 sider
...cfrpice p| ftyle confifts the rejfelnblance wj^ieji £}rydejn principally exacts f^on? $.? ^ranflator, He is to exhibit his author's thoughts in fuch a. drefs of diction as the author \voyld h^aye given them, had his language been Englifh; rugged magnificence is not to be foftened :... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 sider
...humble. In the. proper choice of ftyle confifts tlie refemblance which Dryden principally exacts from the tranflator. He is to exhibit his author's thoughts...language been Englifh : rugged magnificence is not to be foftencd; hyperbolical oftentation is not to be repreiied ; nor fententious affectation to have its... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 sider
...humble. In thtf proper choice of ftyle confifts the refemblance which Dryden principally exacts from the tranflator. He is to exhibit his author's thoughts...of diction as the author would have given them, had hi* language been Englifh: rugged magnificence is not to b'i ibftened ; hyperbolical oftentation is... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 344 sider
...principally exafts from the tranflator. He is to exhibit his author's thoughts in ftich a drefs of diftion as the author would have given them, had his language...magnificence is not to be foftened ; hyperbolical oftentatioil is not to be reprefled ; nor fententious affeflation to have its points blunted. A tranflator... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 sider
...humble. In the proper choice of ftyle confifts the refemblance which Dryden principally exacts from the tranflator. He is to exhibit his author's thoughts...repreffed ; nor fententious affectation to have its point blunted. A tranflator is to be like his author; it is not his bufinefs to excel him. The reafonablenefs... | |
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