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
Literature -- Translations into English -- Bibliography
ROMAN HISTORY. _Tr._ Sir Robert le Grys, 1632.
=PAUSANIAS.= 150 to 200. =Greek traveller and author.=
THE DESCRIPTION OF GREECE. _Tr._ Tom Taylor. 3 v. 1794.
AN EXTRACT OF PAUSANIUS. Of the Statues, Pictures and Temples in
Greece. _Tr._ 1758.
=PEARL, THE.=
_Ed._ R. Morris, E.E.T.S., 1869. _Tr._ by I. Gollancz 1891.
'Ranks among the most charming of old English poems, both in
thought and delicacy of feeling'.
=PELLICO, SILVIO.= _b._ 1788, _d._ 1854. =Italian poet.=
ON THE DUTIES OF MAN. _Tr._ T. Roscoe, 1837.
MY IMPRISONMENTS. _Tr._ [T. Roscoe], 1826.
=PERCEVAL, SIR, OF GALLES.= _See_ =Sir Percival=.
=PERRAULT, CHARLES.= _b._ 1628, _d._ 1703. =French author.=
CHARACTERS OF THE GREATEST MEN IN FRANCE DURING THE 17TH CENTURY
(1696-1700). (Hommes Illustres de Siècle de Louis XIV). _Tr._ by J.
Ozell, 1704-5.
FABLES IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH VERSE. _Tr._ 1741.
FAIRY TALES. (Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé, 1697.)
=PERSIAN ANTHOLOGIES: COLLECTIONS.=
MESNEVI, THE. _Tr._ J. W. Redhouse. (Oriental Ser.). 1881.
PELLY, COL. SIR L. MIRACLE PLAYS OF HASAN AND HUSAIN. 2 v. 1879.
From oral tradition.
PHILLIPS, AMBROSE. _Tr._ PERSIAN TALES. 3 v. 1714-15.
PERSIAN TALES: a new translation, by Edward Button, 1754.
=PERSIUS= (=AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS=). 50 A.D. =Latin satiric poet.=
HIS SATIRES. _Tr._ into English [verse], by Barton Holyday, etc.,
1616.
=PETOFI, ALEX.= _b._ 1823-49. =Hungarian author.=
TRANSLATIONS FROM. By Sir J. Bowring, 1866.
SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF P. _Tr._ H. Phillips, 1885.
=PETRARCH= (=FRANCESCA PETRARCA=). _b._ 1304, _d._ 1374. =Italian
poet.=
COMPLAINTS. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the World's Vanities.
_Tr._ by Ed. Sp.[enser], 1591.
PETRARCHES VISIONS, [being a translation ... of the Canzone 'Standomi
un giorno solo, alla fenestra']. _Tr._ by Ed. Sp.[enser], 1591.
PHISICKE AGAINST FORTUNE. _Tr._ [by Thos. Twyne.] 1579.
SONNETS [30] AND [3] ODES. _Tr._ 1777.
A THEATRE WHERIN BE REPRESENTED THE MISERIES ... THAT FOLLOW THE
VOLUPTUOUS WORLDLINGS, etc. [With Epigrams. _Tr._ from the Sonnets of
Petrarch]. 1569.
THE TRYUMPHES OF FRAUNCES PETRACKE. _Tr._ by Henry Parker Knight ...
Lorde Morley, 1565.
The form of the sonnets of Petrarch as introduced into
England by Wyatt and Surrey became very popular in the time
of Elizabeth. The following are amongst the more important
writers of sonnets influenced by P.: Sidney, 'Astrophel and
Stella'; Dryden, 'Idea'; Constable, 'Diana'; Daniel, 'Delia';
Watson, 'Teares of Fansie'; Spenser, 'Amoretta'; Shakespeare,
'Sonnets'; and Milton, 'Sonnets'; Tottel's 'Miscellany'
(which as a collection of the Elizabethan poets) is markedly
influenced by P.
=PETRONIUS.= _c._ 50. =Latin satirist.=
THE SATYR OF TITUS PETRONIUS ARBITER. _Tr._ by Wm. Burnaby and
another Hand, 1694.
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