 I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds not from his following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned. He sometimes omits whole similes and sentences...  A manual of classical bibliography - Page 521by Joseph William Moss - 1825Full view - About this book
 | T. R. Steiner - English literature - 1975 - 174 pages
...Circumstances he continually lopps them, and often omits the most beautiful. As for its being esteem'da close Translation, I doubt not many have been led...from his following the Original Line by Line, but from the Contractions above-mentioned. He sometimes omits whole Similes and Sentences, and is now and... | |
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