The Odes of Horace in Four Books: Translated Into English Lyric Verse (Classic Reprint)

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Fb&c Limited, 31. 1. 2018 - 498 strán (strany)
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This failure by the greatest master of the English language may serve as a warning to those who imagine it possible to translate literally that same felicity of words already alluded to; while the success of Dryden's paraphrase, in some of its most striking passages, affords a better model for imitation.

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