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John Hoole
Data de nascimento: 1727
Data de falecimento: 2. Agosto 1803
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John Hoole was an English translator, the son of Samuel Hoole , a mechanic, and Sarah Drury , the daughter of a Clerkenwell clockmaker. He was a personal friend of Samuel Johnson.
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„Tis often constancy to change the mind.“
— John Hoole
"Siroes", Act I, scene viii
„My endeavour has been to render the sense of my author as nearly as possible, which could never be done merely by translating his words.“
— John Hoole
Preface to Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic Poem; translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso (1764), p. xix
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„The toils of honour dignify repose.“
— John Hoole
"Achilles in Scyros", Act III, last scene
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