Selected WritingsCarcanet, 1988 - 180 pagina's |
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Pagina 78
... beauty lies rather in expres- sion than sentiment , must be necessarily difficult to translate . A fine sentiment may be conveyed several different ways , without impairing its vigour ; but a sentence delicately expressed , will ...
... beauty lies rather in expres- sion than sentiment , must be necessarily difficult to translate . A fine sentiment may be conveyed several different ways , without impairing its vigour ; but a sentence delicately expressed , will ...
Pagina 82
... beauty ; nigh , which implies approximation ; and from which implies distance , are , to use our translator's expressions , drawn as it were up in line of battle . Tore , is put for torn , that is , torn by fraud from her arms ; not ...
... beauty ; nigh , which implies approximation ; and from which implies distance , are , to use our translator's expressions , drawn as it were up in line of battle . Tore , is put for torn , that is , torn by fraud from her arms ; not ...
Pagina 139
... beauty tempts to false desire : The snow - white vesture , and the glittering crown , The simple plumage , or the glossy down , Prompt not their love . The patriot bird pursues His well acquainted tints , and kindred hues . Hence ...
... beauty tempts to false desire : The snow - white vesture , and the glittering crown , The simple plumage , or the glossy down , Prompt not their love . The patriot bird pursues His well acquainted tints , and kindred hues . Hence ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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