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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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„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
„For oft the grace
Of costly vest improves a beauteous face.“
— John Hoole
Book XXVIII, line 82
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„The toils of honour dignify repose.“
— John Hoole
"Achilles in Scyros", Act III, last scene
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„To others never do
That which yourselves would wish undone to you.“
— John Hoole
Book XXVIII, line 591
