 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 508 pages
...blamed me, saying, that in my translations, I have over-curious terms, which could not be understand of common people, and desired me to use old and homely terms in my translations. As I fain would satisfy every man, so to do, I took an old book and read therein ; but certainly the... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...blamed me, saying, that in my translations, I have over-curious terms, which could not be understand of common people, and desired me to use old and homely terms in my translations. As I fain would satisfy every man, so to do, I took an old book and read therein; but certainly the... | |
 | Joseph Ames - Early printed books - 1810 - 716 pages
...correct it. And when I saw the fair and strange terms therein, I doubted that it should not please some gentlemen which late blamed me, saying that,...translations, I had over curious terms which could not be understand of common people ; and desired me to use old and homely terms in my translations. And fain... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...correct it ; and when I saw the fair and strange terms therein, I doubted that it should not please some gentlemen, which late blamed me, saying, that...translations, I had over curious terms, which could not be understand of common people ; and desired me to use old and homely terms in my translations ; and fain... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...correct it; and when I saw the fair and strange terms therein, I doubted that it should not please some gentlemen, which late blamed me, saying, that...translations, I had over curious terms, which could not be understand of common people ; and desired me to use old and homely terms in my translations ; and fain... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 606 pages
...correct it ; and when I saw the fair and stranea terms therein, I doubted that it should not please some gentlemen, which late blamed me, saying, that...translations, I had over curious terms, which could not be understand of common people ; and desired me to use old and homely terms in my translations ; and fain... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries, German - 1844 - 484 pages
...to correct it; and when I saw the fair and strange terms therein, I doubted that i should not please some gentlemen, which late blamed me, saying, that...translations, I had over curious terms, which could not be understand of common people; and desired me to use old and homely terms in my translations; and fain... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 570 pages
...to correct it; and when I saw the fair and strange terms therein, I doubted that i should not please some gentlemen, which late blamed me, saying, that...translations, I had over curious terms , which could not be understand of common people; and desired me to use old and homely terms in my translations; and fain... | |
 | Education - 1850 - 396 pages
...neither used ne understood." And again: "Some gentlemen blamed me, saying that in my translations, I have over curious terms, which could not be understood of common people, and desired me to use olde homely terms in my translations. As I fain would satisfy every man, so to do, I took an old book... | |
 | Richard Grant White - English language - 1870 - 454 pages
...correct it; and when I saw the fair and strange terms therein, I doubted that it should not please some gentlemen which late blamed me, saying, that in my translations I had over-curious terms which could not be understonden of common people, and desired me to use old and... | |
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I satisfy every man ; and so to do, took an old book and read therein ; and certainly the English was so rude and broad that I could not well understand it. 
