Alexander Fraser Tytler on Time
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler, catalogued under time, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler, entry #173032: "Works which consist of fact and detail demand a more scrupulous fidelity than those of which the basis is sentiment."
Attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler, entry #175632: "... a translator may discern the general character of his author's style, and yet fail remarkably in the imitation of it. Unless he is possessed of the most correct taste, he will…"
2 Quotes by Alexander Fraser Tytler on Time
"Works which consist of fact and detail demand a more scrupulous fidelity than those of which the basis is sentiment."
"... a translator may discern the general character of his author's style, and yet fail remarkably in the imitation of it. Unless he is possessed of the most correct taste, he will be in continual danger of presenting an exaggerated picture or a caricatura of his orginal. The distinction between good and bad writing is often of so very slender a nature, and the shadowing of difference so extremely delicate, that a very nice perception alone can at all times define the limits."