Memoirs And Select Remains of An Only Son Who Died November 27 1821 in His 19
Memoirs And Select Remains of An Only Son Who Died November 27 1821 in His 19
Thomas Durant
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He disturbed her not — was ready to converse with her whenever she pleas- ed — and to assist her, or call for assistance, whenever she needed it. In this work, he did not receive the slightest assistance ; and had I offered him my aid, he would have refused it. He was most scrupulous never to present a line that was not entirely his own. A strik- ing instance of his honour in this respect was given dur- ing this or the following summer, in a translation of the Somnium Scipianis. I compared it w...ith the original ; and found that, owing to the obscurity of the thing it- self, and especially owing to his ignorance of the terms of music^ he had given no very intelligible view of that odd passage respecting the spheres, which begins " JVonne aspicis^ quo; in tetnpla. Veneris ? novem tibi orbi- 6«s, " &c. Understanding myself a little — though very 128 little — of music, I wrote out a translation of that part, and presented it to him. He smiled, and said, '• That is better than mine — but I must send it in with all its imperfections on its head : it is understood to be, throughout my translation.
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