The Book of Versions; Or, Guide to French Translation: With Notes, to Assist in the Construction, and to Display a Comparison of the French and English Idioms. For the Use of SchoolsJ. Souter, 1833 - 240 pages |
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Achilles admiration Adrastus arms autre avait avoir battle Belisarius bien bientôt BOOK OF VERSIONS c'est cher Cherpilloud ciel cœur Commodus courage courroux d'une death déjà q delight deux Dieu dieux doit doux elle enemies être eyes faire fait father faut fils Frederic French French language Gellert généreux genius gloire glory gods grand guerre happy heart Heaven Henriade hero homme honour jamais joug jour JULIUS CÆSAR king l'homme labour Languet loin Louis XI Mahomet mankind Marcus Aurelius mettre mind mort n'est nature noble nuit ouvrage passions peace peine peuple peut Pharsalia PHILOCTETES Pisistratus pleasure Pompey pouvoir pow'r prince propre qu'il qu'on qu'un reign render rien s'il sage Saladin Scythians seul shew soon soul sous style sublime sweet terre tête thee thou art tout Traduction Translation Turenne vers virtue voix Voltaire yeux youth
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Page 175 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heaven pursue.
Page 179 - For softness she and sweet attractive grace, He for God only, she for God in him...
Page 205 - The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel ; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Page 217 - So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil, be thou my good : by thee at least Divided empire with heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long and this new world shall know.
Page 213 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 207 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Page 181 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 217 - And heavier fall ; so should I purchase dear Short intermission bought with double smart. This knows my punisher ; therefore as far From granting he, as I from begging peace...
Page 205 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 201 - Look round our world; behold the chain of love Combining all below and all above. See plastic nature working to this end, The single atoms each to other tend, Attract, attracted to, the next in place, Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace. See matter next, with various life endued, Press to one centre still, the general good.