The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and , as it were ... translator's name . 2 There was , perhaps , no great room for elegance of style ; but a superior skill and judg ment are ...
... translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and , as it were ... translator's name . 2 There was , perhaps , no great room for elegance of style ; but a superior skill and judg ment are ...
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... translation of Father Paul Sarpi's History , was accepted . * Some sheets of this translation were printed off , but the design was dropt for it happened oddly enough , that another person of the name of Samuel Johnson , librarian of St ...
... translation of Father Paul Sarpi's History , was accepted . * Some sheets of this translation were printed off , but the design was dropt for it happened oddly enough , that another person of the name of Samuel Johnson , librarian of St ...
Page 125
... Translation of Abbé Guyon's Disserta- tion on the Amazons ; " + " Translation of Fontenelle's Panegyric on Dr. Morin . " Two notes upon this appear to me undoubtedly his . He this year , and the two following , wrote the Parliamentary ...
... Translation of Abbé Guyon's Disserta- tion on the Amazons ; " + " Translation of Fontenelle's Panegyric on Dr. Morin . " Two notes upon this appear to me undoubtedly his . He this year , and the two following , wrote the Parliamentary ...
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