The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English LiteratureHarris, William James
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The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English Literature
Harris, William James
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NUMA ROUMESTAN; or, JOY ABROAD AND GRIEF AT HOME. (1881.) _Tr_.
1884-86.
ONE OF THE FORTY (L'IMMORTAL). (1888.) _Tr_. by Verrall, 1888.
PORT TARASCON. (1890). _Tr_. 1890.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A LITERARY MAN. _Tr_. by Ensor, 1889.
ROBERT HELMONT: Diary of a Recluse. (1871.) _Tr_. 1888.
ROSE AND NINETTE. _Tr_. 1892.
SAPPHO: a romance (1884). _Tr_. by J. and R. Maxwell, 1886.
TARTARIN IN THE ALPS. (1885). _Tr_. 1886.
THIRTY YEARS OF PARIS AND OF MY LITERARY LIFE. _Tr_. 1888.
WORKS. _Tr_. H. Frith, L. Ensor, E. Barlow, etc. 9 v. 1896.
=DELILLE, JACQUES=. _b_. 1738, _d_. 1813. =French poet and
academician=.
THE GARDENS; or THE ART OF LAYING OUT GROUNDS. _Tr_. 1789.
THE RURAL PHILOSOPHER; or FRENCH GEORGICS. _Tr_. by John Maunde, 1801.
=DEMOSTHENES=. _b_. 383, _d_. 322 B.C. =Greek orator=.
THE THREE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES, IN FAVOUR OF THE OLYNTHIANS. _Tr_.
by Thos. Wylson, 1570.
The influence of D., though considerable, is indirect through
Latin literature. 'All Roman orators were avowed students of
Greek methods'.
'That Demosthenes is the prince of orators everybody knows'.
=DENINA, CARLO G. M.= _b_. 1731, _d_. 1813. =Italian historian=.
AN ESSAY ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF LITERATURE. _Tr_. by John Murdoch.
[1771.]
A DISSERTATION, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, ON THE ANCIENT REPUBLICS OF
ITALY. _Tr_. John Langhorne, 1773.
=DESCARTES, RENÉ=. _b_. 1596, _d_. 1650. =French philosopher and
mathematician=.
DESCARTES' EXCELLENT COMPENDIUM OF MUSICK: WITH ANIMADVERSIONS
THEREUPON. By a person of Honour (Lord Brounkes). 1653.
A DISCOURSE OF A METHOD FOR THE WELL GUIDING OF REASON AND THE
DISCOVERY OF TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES (Discours de la Méthode, 1637).
_Tr_. 1649.
LIFE OF R. DESCARTES, containing the History of His Philosophy and
works. _Tr_. 1693.
A NEW VOYAGE TO THE WORLD OF CARTESIUS. _Tr_. by Thos. Taylor, 1692.
THE PASSIONS OF THE SOULE, in three books. _Translated_, with
prefatory letters, 1650.
His works manifest original, daring and independent genius,
endowed with great force and subtlety of thought. Spinoza
derived from him his pantheism, and Berkeley his pure idealism.
His influence was almost universal in the seventeenth century.
Newton demonstrated his more simple physical principles.
=DIDEROT, DENIS=. _b_. 1713, _d_. 1784. _French philosopher and
savant_.
DORVAL, or THE TEST OF VIRTUE. A Comedy [in five acts and in prose].
_Tr_. 1767.
AN ESSAY ON BLINDNESS, etc. Interspersed with several anecdotes of
Sanderson, Milton, and others. _Tr_. [1750].
THE FAMILY PICTURE: a play (Père de Famille); with verses on
different subjects. By a Lady, 1781.
RAMEAU'S NEPHEW. [1805]. _Tr_. by S. M. Hill, 1897.
THOUGHTS ON ART AND STYLE. _Tr_. 1893.
A satire on Parisian society, as it was just before the
Revolution, in the form of a dialogue, which gives a view of
the world as seen through the eyes of a parasite.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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