Excerpt from Jerusalem Delivered, Vol. 4: Being a Specimen of an Intended New Translation in English Spenserian Verse, With a Prefatory Dissertation on Existing Translations Most clearly perceive the difference that subsists be tween the genius of the two languages, and the modes of thought, the mental associations, the habits, and the manners of the two nations they will see the necessity, without. Enjoying the hope, of transferring them with the same distinctive character and lively effect. Almost equally hopeless is the chance of an individual being found, Who though entering into the allusion, genius, and individual turn of mind of the, original author, has yet the tact - fine, perceptive, and spiritual, to apprehend, his beauties, and the skill - industrious, curious, and, connective, to communicate them with the charm of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.