"Certainly it can be said that the subtler elements of Virgil's exquisite style no translator can ever hope to reproduce. But John Dryden was a master of English versiļ¬cation. He made a translation of Virgil's epic in couplets, vigorous and nervous couplets. "Despite many revolutions of public...
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"Certainly it can be said that the subtler elements of Virgil's exquisite style no translator can ever hope to reproduce. But John Dryden was a master of English versiļ¬cation. He made a translation of Virgil's epic in couplets, vigorous and nervous couplets. "Despite many revolutions of public taste," says Professor Noyes, "Dryden's Virgil still remains practically without
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