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PRINCIPLES OF
Chap. VII.
CHAP VII.
Limitation of the rule regarding the imitation of Style.—This imitation must be regulated by the Genius of languages.—The Latin admits of a greater brevity of expression than the English;—As does the French.—The Latin and Greek allow greater inversions than the English,—And admit more freely of Ellipsis.
The rule which enjoins to a translator the imitation of the style of the original author, demands several limitations.
1. This imitation must always be re-gulated
