Samuel Johnson as Book Reviewer: A Duty to Examine the Labors of the LearnedUniversity of Delaware Press, 2001 - 293 pages Critical analysis of Johnson's book reviews |
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Page 86
... translation ; and undoubtedly translations into the prose of a living language must be laid aside whenever the language changes , be- cause the matter being always to be found in the original , contributes noth- ing to the preservation ...
... translation ; and undoubtedly translations into the prose of a living language must be laid aside whenever the language changes , be- cause the matter being always to be found in the original , contributes noth- ing to the preservation ...
Page 87
... translation of an- cient texts can only be realized by posterity . Also of importance here is the cogent expression of Johnson's views on translation . Writing three years later in Idler 69 , Johnson may have had Hampton's Polybius in ...
... translation of an- cient texts can only be realized by posterity . Also of importance here is the cogent expression of Johnson's views on translation . Writing three years later in Idler 69 , Johnson may have had Hampton's Polybius in ...
Page 115
... translation . " This translation has been al- ready so well received by the public that we can add little to its reputation by the addition of our suffrage in its favour , " Johnson observes in his open- ing sentence , adding a bit ...
... translation . " This translation has been al- ready so well received by the public that we can add little to its reputation by the addition of our suffrage in its favour , " Johnson observes in his open- ing sentence , adding a bit ...
Contents
Foreword | 9 |
Samuel Johnson and the MidEighteenth | 19 |
Johnson as a Reviewer of Historical | 58 |
Copyright | |
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