Southern Quarterly Review, Volumen10Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1846 |
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... original . This ret- rospect is in some measure requisite to show the reason and the nature of those peculiarities , which ought to be sedu- lously preserved by an accurate translator , and the pres- ence or want of which will stamp his ...
... original . This ret- rospect is in some measure requisite to show the reason and the nature of those peculiarities , which ought to be sedu- lously preserved by an accurate translator , and the pres- ence or want of which will stamp his ...
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... original . With Cowper we have but little patience ; he is faithful but paints with harsh , rude colors , and in his version of Homer has given ́us a satyr in place of Hyperion . To hit the mean between these two celebrated translators ...
... original . With Cowper we have but little patience ; he is faithful but paints with harsh , rude colors , and in his version of Homer has given ́us a satyr in place of Hyperion . To hit the mean between these two celebrated translators ...
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... original . The extreme fidel- ity of Mr. Munford's version of the Iliad , accordingly , con- fers upon it its highest value . It is much more faithful than even Cowper , and that was Cowper's sole merit . The captious and small critic ...
... original . The extreme fidel- ity of Mr. Munford's version of the Iliad , accordingly , con- fers upon it its highest value . It is much more faithful than even Cowper , and that was Cowper's sole merit . The captious and small critic ...
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... original . This cannot be said either of Pope or Cowper . Liberties have been taken with the pronunciation of two of the pro- per names , Arcesilaüs and Prothöenor , but this may have been unavoidable . Cowper has taken the same liberty ...
... original . This cannot be said either of Pope or Cowper . Liberties have been taken with the pronunciation of two of the pro- per names , Arcesilaüs and Prothöenor , but this may have been unavoidable . Cowper has taken the same liberty ...
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... original . The first three lines are Pope's entire ; Homer says nothing about a shepherd , or a rocky cliff , though it is possible that Pope who had " small Greek " , may have blundered over the phrase πέτρης ἐκ γλαφυρῆς , and made ...
... original . The first three lines are Pope's entire ; Homer says nothing about a shepherd , or a rocky cliff , though it is possible that Pope who had " small Greek " , may have blundered over the phrase πέτρης ἐκ γλαφυρῆς , and made ...
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Página 241 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
Página 477 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Página 459 - The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people: and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the state.
Página 9 - Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute: Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In...
Página 27 - As bees In spring time, when the sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters : they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubb'd with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs : so thick the aery crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder!
Página 380 - It is, therefore, of necessity left to the discretion of the national Legislature to pronounce upon the objects which concern the general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money.
Página 377 - Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere human statute purged the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murders have been performed Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end...
Página 459 - The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce ; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected.
Página 150 - And say, without our hopes, without our fears, Without the home that plighted love endears, Without the smile from partial beauty won, Oh, what were man ? A world without a sun.
Página 499 - ... &c., with a penalty, in case of disobedience, too long here to insert. However, after some pause, the brother so often mentioned for his erudition, who was well skilled in criticisms, had found in a certain author, which he said should be nameless, that the same word which in the will is called fringe does also signify a broomstick : * and doubtless ought to have the same interpretation in this paragraph.