The Fourth Book of Virgil\'s Aeneid and the Ninth Book of Vol
After reading with infinite pleasure your masterly translations of Virgil, I have been led into a train ofreflection on the mechanism of words, and on the manners, the ideas, and pursuits of Nations in as much asthey frequently give rise to the difference of character which we remark in their language. Few literary
discussions would I think be more curious than an impartial comparative enquiry of this kind.
After reading with infinite pleasure your masterly translations of Virgil, I have been led into a train ofreflection on the mechanism of words, and on the manners, the ideas, and pursuits of Nations in as much asthey frequently give rise to the difference of character which we remark in their language. Few literary
discussions would I think be more curious than an impartial comparative enquiry of this kind.