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PRINCIPLES OF
Chap. I.


CHAPTER I.

Description of a good Translation.—General Rules flowing from that Description.

If it were possible accurately to define, or, perhaps more properly, to describe what is meant by a good Translation, it is evident that a considerable progress would be made towards establishing the Rules of the Art; for these Rules would flow naturally from thatdefinition