Joseph Addison's Ovid: An Adaptation of the Metamorphoses in the Augustan Age of English LiteratureGardez!, 2003 - 259 pages |
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Page 78
... correspond with contemporary rather than ancient ideas . Thus , ' woods ' simplifies the Ovidian lucos , though Addison adds the epithet ' pleasing ' , which is typical of eighteenth - century ... corresponding line in the translation 78.
... correspond with contemporary rather than ancient ideas . Thus , ' woods ' simplifies the Ovidian lucos , though Addison adds the epithet ' pleasing ' , which is typical of eighteenth - century ... corresponding line in the translation 78.
Page 99
... corresponding ' nor - nor ' , he ignores the parallel expressions dexterior - sinisterior as well as declinet - ducat . The prepositional phrases tortum [ ... ] in anguem and pressam [ ... ] ad aram are turned into adverbial clauses of ...
... corresponding ' nor - nor ' , he ignores the parallel expressions dexterior - sinisterior as well as declinet - ducat . The prepositional phrases tortum [ ... ] in anguem and pressam [ ... ] ad aram are turned into adverbial clauses of ...
Page 117
... corresponds with Latin iuba , sounds rather poetic in comparison with Ovid's simple tergum . Addison's ' flying out ' renders the wording Expatiantur equi , recalling the Deluge , with a corresponding Germanic expression . The ablative ...
... corresponds with Latin iuba , sounds rather poetic in comparison with Ovid's simple tergum . Addison's ' flying out ' renders the wording Expatiantur equi , recalling the Deluge , with a corresponding Germanic expression . The ablative ...
Common terms and phrases
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