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The Anacreontic , beginning with , « When Spring came on with fresh delight , »
is taken from a French poet whose name I forget , and , as far as I am able to
judge of the French language , is better than the original . The Anacreontic that ...
The Anacreontic , beginning with , « When Spring came on with fresh delight , »
is taken from a French poet whose name I forget , and , as far as I am able to
judge of the French language , is better than the original . The Anacreontic that ...
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The Battle of the Frogs and Mice , which follows , is done as well as the subject
would admit : but there is a defect in the translation , which sinks it below the
original , and which it was impossible to remedy ; I mean the names of the
combatants ...
The Battle of the Frogs and Mice , which follows , is done as well as the subject
would admit : but there is a defect in the translation , which sinks it below the
original , and which it was impossible to remedy ; I mean the names of the
combatants ...
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In mentioning ecclesiastical history , he gives his opinion very freely upon the
subject of the divine original of the sacred books , which he supposes to have no
such foundation . This new system of thinking , which he had always propagated
in ...
In mentioning ecclesiastical history , he gives his opinion very freely upon the
subject of the divine original of the sacred books , which he supposes to have no
such foundation . This new system of thinking , which he had always propagated
in ...
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faculty of thinking is diverted into an unnatural channel ; and we not only
relinquish and forget , but also become incapable of our original dispositions .
We are totally changed into creatures of art and affectation . Our perception is
abused , and ...
faculty of thinking is diverted into an unnatural channel ; and we not only
relinquish and forget , but also become incapable of our original dispositions .
We are totally changed into creatures of art and affectation . Our perception is
abused , and ...
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... which the most celebrated orators of Greece pronounced against each other ,
he performed this task , not as a servile interpreter , but as an orator , preserving
the sentiments , forms , and figures of the original , but adapting the expression to
...
... which the most celebrated orators of Greece pronounced against each other ,
he performed this task , not as a servile interpreter , but as an orator , preserving
the sentiments , forms , and figures of the original , but adapting the expression to
...
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