But if authors, even of taste and genius, be found at times to have made an injudicious use of that liberty which is allowed in the translation of po… - Alexander Fraser Tytler
" "But if authors, even of taste and genius, be found at times to have made an injudicious use of that liberty which is allowed in the translation of poetry, we must expect to see it miserably abused indeed, where those talents are evidently wanting.
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About Alexander Fraser Tytler
Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee (October 15, 1747 – January 5, 1813) was a Scottish-born British lawyer and writer.
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Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee
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Alexander Fraser-Tytler
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Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee
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