 I found the difficulty of translation growing on me in every succeeding book: for Virgil, above all poets, had a stock, which I may call almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words. I, who inherit but a small portion of his genius,...  The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose - Seite 77von John Dryden - 1859Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 494 Seiten
...elegant, and founding words. I, who inherit but a finall portion of his genius, and write in a language fo much inferior to the Latin, have found it very painful to vary phrafes, when the fame fenfe returns upon me. Even he himfelf, whether out of neceffity or choice,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 366 Seiten
...elegant, and founding words. I, who inherit but a finall portion of his genius, and write in a language fo much inferior to the Latin, have found it very painful to vary phrafes, when the fame fenfe retums upon me. Even he himfelf, whether out of neceffity or choice, has... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 Seiten
...almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words : I who inherit but a small portion of his genius, and write in a language so much inferior...repeated two or three whole verses, which he had used before. Words are not so easily coined as money ; and yet we see that the credit not only of Banks,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 Seiten
...almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words : I who inherit but a small portion of his genius, and write in a language, so much inferior...repeated two or three whole verses, which he had used before. Words are not so easily coined as money ; and yet we see that the credit not only of Banks,... | |
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 Seiten
...inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sound-* ing words. I, who inherit but a small portion of his genius, and write in a language so much inferior...repeated two or three whole verses which he had used before. Word*' jure not so easily coined as money: and yet we* see that the credit, not only of banks,... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 Seiten
...almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words. I, who inherit but a small portion of his genius, and write in a language so much inferior...repeated two or three whole verses which he had used before. Words are not so easily coined as money : and yet we see that the credit, not only of banks,... | |
 | Virgil - 1806 - 414 Seiten
...same thing in the same words, and often repeated two Or three whole verses which he had used before. Words are not so easily coined as money : and yet we see that the credit, not only of banks, but of exchequers, cracks, when little .comes in, and much goes out. Virgil... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 504 Seiten
...almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words. I, who inherit but a small portion of his genius, and write in a language so much inferior...repeated two or three whole verses, which he had used before. Words are not so easily coined as money ; and yet we see that the credit, not only of banks,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 Seiten
...almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words. I, who inherit but a small portion of his genius, and write in a language so much inferior...repeated two or three whole verses, which he had used before. Words are not so easily coined as money ; and yet we see that the credit, not only of banks,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 Seiten
...almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words. I, »ho inherit but a small portion of his genius, and write in a language so much inferior...and often repeated two or three whole verses, which lie had used ]>eforc. Words are not so easily coined as money ; and yet we see that the credit not... | |
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