The Book-hunter at HomeP. Allan, 1922 - 275 páginas I. Adventures among books.--II. The library.--III. Books which form the library.--IV. Chivalry and romance.--V-VI. The care of books.--VII. Books of the collector.--VIII-IX. A plea for specialism.--Index |
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... translation . Aeschylus and Sophocles have been admirably rendered in English verse by Mr. E. D. A. Morshead . Of the first , The House of Atreus ' ( being the ' Agamemnon , ' ' Libation- Bearers , ' and ' Furies ' ) was first published ...
... translation . Aeschylus and Sophocles have been admirably rendered in English verse by Mr. E. D. A. Morshead . Of the first , The House of Atreus ' ( being the ' Agamemnon , ' ' Libation- Bearers , ' and ' Furies ' ) was first published ...
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... translation but as an epic in the English of a great poet ; and to those who are masters of sufficient Latin to explore the ancients by the help of commentaries , Conington's translation will be of assistance . Horace is utterly ...
... translation but as an epic in the English of a great poet ; and to those who are masters of sufficient Latin to explore the ancients by the help of commentaries , Conington's translation will be of assistance . Horace is utterly ...
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... translation constitutes as great a classic as the original work . Whether it was the difficulty of translation , or the despair of eclipsing so notable a success as had been achieved by their predecessor , that deterred other scholars ...
... translation constitutes as great a classic as the original work . Whether it was the difficulty of translation , or the despair of eclipsing so notable a success as had been achieved by their predecessor , that deterred other scholars ...
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CONTENTS CHAP PAGE I ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS I | 25 |
THE LIBRARY | 31 |
BOOKS WHICH FORM THE LIBRARY | 58 |
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