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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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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	110	Main Headings
Folio number	125	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	6
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	36115
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