The Histories Of Tacitus An English Translation With Introduction Frontispiece Notes Maps And Index

Author : George Gilbert Ramsay
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331825098
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Histories of Tacitus written by George Gilbert Ramsay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Histories of Tacitus: An English Translation With Introduction, Frontispiece, Notes, Maps and Index IN this translation of the Histories, as in that of the Annals which preceded it, it has been my endeavour to present a version of Tacitus which should carry with it none of the flavour of a translation, but should conform to what Mr. Jowett lays down as the first requirement for a translator, that 'his English shall be English'; which, secondly, should be strictly faithful, both in letter and in spirit, to the original, giving 'the sense, the whole sense, and nothing but the sense'; and thirdly, which should exclude from its vocabulary, so far as is possible, all modernisms: that is, all language which represents things or ideas, or carries with it associations, of a modern character, such as cannot have been present to the mind of Tacitus, or within the range of his comprehension. Such language, when attributed to him in a trans lation, gives an air of unreality to the whole. 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.