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<p>The passage "Who thats but a queen, fair, sober, wise,<lb/> | |||
Would from a paddock, from a Cat, a <unclear>gil</unclear><lb/> | |||
Such dear concernings hide" he translates "How can a beautiful, modest<lb/> | |||
prudent queen hide such important secrets from that old cat, bat, & dullest toad?" <unclear>he</unclear><lb/> | |||
then abuses Shakespeare most contemptuously for it & says his admirers have not dared<lb/> | |||
to translate it. He objects to the details of Ophelia's death, & then <gap/> that<lb/> | |||
nations which have produced no Bacon, nor <gap/> may find consolation in<lb/> | |||
possessing nothing so disgusting, so intolerable as the church-yard scene</p> | |||
I think highly of Moratin in every thing but his criticisms – His<lb/> | |||
translations of some of the songs are exquisitely beautiful. For instance<lb/> | |||
"Lauded all with sweet flowers &"<lb/> | |||
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The passage "Who thats but a queen, fair, sober, wise,
Would from a paddock, from a Cat, a gil
Such dear concernings hide" he translates "How can a beautiful, modest
prudent queen hide such important secrets from that old cat, bat, & dullest toad?" he
then abuses Shakespeare most contemptuously for it & says his admirers have not dared
to translate it. He objects to the details of Ophelia's death, & then that
nations which have produced no Bacon, nor may find consolation in
possessing nothing so disgusting, so intolerable as the church-yard scene
I think highly of Moratin in every thing but his criticisms – His
translations of some of the songs are exquisitely beautiful. For instance
"Lauded all with sweet flowers &"
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