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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[1] THE VIRTUOUS ORPHAN, or THE LIFE OF MARIANNE COUNTESSE OF ...
_Tr._ 4 v., 1784.
[1] Among the first novels which delineated real life and
manners.
M. appears to have distinctly influenced Richardson, whose
'Pamela' bears a strange similarity to 'Marianne'.
=MARMONTEL, JEAN FRANÇOIS.= _b._ 1723, _d._ 1799. =French dramatist
and critic.=
MORAL TALES. _Tr._ C. Dennis and R. Lloyd. 3 v. 1764.
NEW MORAL TALES. _Tr._ 1792.
THE INCAS, OR THE DESTRUCTION OF PERU. _Tr._ 1777.
BELISARIUS. _Tr._ 1767.
SELECT MORAL TALES. _Tr._ [R. Roberts] 1763.
TALES OF AN EVENING. 4 v. _Tr._ 1792-94.
MEMOIRS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF: containing his literary and political
life, and anecdotes of the principal characters of the eighteenth
century. _Tr._ 1805. 4 v.
=MAROT, CLEMENT.= _b._ 1495, _d._ 1544. =French poet.=
Some translations from Clement Marot will be found in 'Ronsard
and La Pléiade'. By G. Wyndham, 1906.
Had a great influence upon the lyrics of Wyatt and Spenser. The
latter copied Marot in his pastoral poems, or eclogues.
The 'Style Marotique' was imitated by La Fontaine and other
French writers.
=MARTIAL= (=MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS=). _b._ 43, _d._ 104. =Latin
epigrammatic poet.=
FLOWERS OF EPIGRAMS, FROM MARTIAL AND OTHERS. _Tr._ by T. Kendall,
1577.
SALES EPIGRAMMATUM. Being the choycest disticks of Martials Fourteen
books of epigrams. _Tr._ 1644.
SELECT EPIGRAMS OF MARTIAL. _Tr._ by Tho. May, 1629.
'The modern conception of epigram is entirely taken from the
Latin form. Martial is the one model'. 'It is Martial who
has determined the form and matter of the epigram for modern
Europe'.
Jonson imitated Martial in his epigrams.
=MASSILON, JEAN B.= _b._ 1663, _d._ 1742. =French preacher.=
SERMONS. _Tr._ W. Dickson, 1798.
SERMONS ON THE DUTIES OF THE GREAT. _Tr._ Wm. Dodd, 1769.
THE CHARGES OF MASSILON: I, ON THE ART OF PREACHING. II, ON THE
COMPOSITION OF A SERMON. _Tr._ T. St. John (the Rev. S. Clapham),
1805.
AN EPISCOPAL CHARGE.... _Tr._ 1784.
=MAUPASSANT, GUY DE.= _b._ 1850, _d._ 1893. =French poet.=
AFLOAT. _Tr._ by L. Ensor, 1889.
A LADIES' MAN (1887). _Tr._ 1888.
MADAME TELLIER'S GIRLS.... THE INHERITANCE.... BUTTER-BALL. _Tr._ E.
Ellis, 1897.
MISS HARRIET. _Tr._ 1885.
THE ODD NUMBER. THIRTEEN TALES. _Tr._ J. Sturges, 1891.
ON THE RIVER. _Tr._ by J. Sturges, 1890.
PIERRE AND JEAN (1888). _Tr._ by C. Bell, 1890.
A WOMAN'S LIFE. _Tr._ 1885.
=MAZZINI, GIUSEPPE.= _b._ 1805, _d._ 1872. =Italian patriot and
writer.=
THE DUTIES OF MAN (1858). _Tr._ 1862.
LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOSEPH MAZZINI. 6 v. _Tr._ 1864-70.
THE ITALIAN QUESTION AND THE REPUBLICANS. _Tr._ 1861.
=MEINHOLD, JOHANN WILHELM.= _b._ 1797, _d._ 1851. =German writer and
divine.=
[1] THE AMBER WITCH. _Tr._ by Lady Duff Gordon, 1844.
SIDONIA THE SORCERESS. _Tr._ 1861.
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