 | John Dryden - 1850 - 338 Seiten
...be sacred and'inviolable. If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant, it is his character to be so ; and if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will be replied,...face, which he has drawn, would be more exact, if the eyes or nose were altered ; but it is his business to make it resemble the original. In two cases only... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 340 Seiten
...be sacred and inviolable. If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant, it is his character to be so ; and if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will be replied,...translator has no such right. When a painter copies from life, I suppose he has no privilege to alter features, and lineaments, under pretence that his picture... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 Seiten
...Ovid. It will he replied, that he receives advantage hv thu lopping of his superfluous hranches ; hut I rejoin, that a translator has no such right. When a painter copies from the life, l suppose he has no privilege to alter features, and lineaments, under pretence that his picture wilt... | |
 | Museum and English journal of education - 1863 - 576 Seiten
...although the hand which performed the work may be discerned in both cases. When a painter copies from life he has no privilege to alter features and lineaments, under pretence that his picture will look better ; it is his business to make it resemble the original. Just so, a translator should try to be like... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 350 Seiten
...be luxuriant, it is his character to be so ; and if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will he replied, that he receives advantage by this lopping...face, which he has drawn, would be more exact, if the eyes or nose were altered ; but it is his business to make it resemble the original. In two cases only... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1866 - 550 Seiten
...interpret. If the fancy of Ovid, for instance, be luxuriant, it is his character to be so, and if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will be replied, that he receives advantages by this lopping of his superficial branches ; but I rejoin that a translator has no such... | |
 | Homerus - 1866 - 506 Seiten
...interpret. If the fancy of Ovid, for instance, be luxuriant, it is his character to be so, and if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will be replied, that he receives advantages by this lopping of his superficial branches ; but I rejoin that a translator has no such... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1867 - 724 Seiten
...be sacred and inviolable. If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant, it is his character to be so ; and if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will be replied,...suppose he has no privilege to alter features and lineament, under pretence that his picture will look better. Perhaps the face which he has drawn would... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 Seiten
...be sacred and inviolable. If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant, it is his character to be so ; and if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will be replied,...copies from the life, I suppose he has no privilege to altar features, and lineaments, under pretence that his picture will look better : perhaps the face,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 538 Seiten
...sacred and inviolable. If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant, it is his character to be so ; and, if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will be replied...face which he has drawn would be more exact if the eyes or nose were altered ; but it is his business to make it resemble the original." Pope has rendered... | |
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The sense of an author, generally speaking, is to be sacred and inviolable. If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant, it is his character to be so ; and if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid. It will be replied, that he receives advantage by this lopping of... 
