Excerpt from Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 1 of 6: Translated From the Original Greek, With Notes Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch Times, attempted a new one, which he executed with great elegance, and tolerable accuracy. The text he tollowed was not fo corre???t as might have been wilhed; for the London edi tion of Plutarch was not then publiflled. How ever, the French language being at that time in great perfe???tion, and the faihionable language of almofl every court in Eumpe, Dacier 3 Trent' lation ...
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Excerpt from Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 1 of 6: Translated From the Original Greek, With Notes Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch Times, attempted a new one, which he executed with great elegance, and tolerable accuracy. The text he tollowed was not fo corre???t as might have been wilhed; for the London edi tion of Plutarch was not then publiflled. How ever, the French language being at that time in great perfe???tion, and the faihionable language of almofl every court in Eumpe, Dacier 3 Trent' lation came not only into the libraries, but into the hands of men. Plutarch was univerfally head, and no book in thofe times had a more ex tenfive (ale, or went through a greater number of imprefiions. The Tranflator had, indeed. Acquitted himfelf 111 one refpefl with great hap pinels. His book was not found to be French Greek. He had carefully followed that rule which no tranflator ought ever to lofe fight of, the great rule of humouring the genius, and maintaining the (tru???ture of his own language. For this purpofe, he frequently broke the long and embarrafl'ed periods of the Greek; and, by dividing and fhortening them 1n his Tranflation, he gave them greater perfpicuity and a more eafy movement. Yet {till he was taithful to his original, and where he did not unitake him, which indeed he feldom did, conveyed his ideas with clearnefs, though not without verbofity, His Tranflation had another difiinguifhed ad vantage. He enriched it with a variety of ex planatory notes. There are {0 many readers who have no competent acquaintance with the cufioms of antiquity, the laws of the ancient fiates, the ceremonies of their religion, and the A 4 remote:11x. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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