Monthly Archives: May 2010

Pedantry Pedantically Denounced

Posted on Sunday: May 9, 2010 by Michael Hendry

On a Latin play about Richard III by the master of Caius College, Cambridge (1579): . . . Legge’s was a poverty-stricken mind; his Latin versification might crimson the cheek of a preparatory schoolboy, and but for the sad fact … Continue reading →

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Orwellian LOL

Posted on Wednesday: May 5, 2010 by Michael Hendry

I just read Animal Farm for the first time in 40+ years. I don’t often laugh out loud while reading books (as opposed to blogs), but half of one sentence made me ‘LOL’. In Chapter II, the victorious animals inspect … Continue reading →

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Getting More Than I Paid For

Posted on Sunday: May 2, 2010 by Michael Hendry

Elaine Fantham’s new translation of Seneca: Selected Letters (Oxford World Classics, 2010) is described on the back cover as “the largest selection of Seneca’s letters currently available” (in translation, that is). The Note on the Text (xxxv-xxxvi) is more specific: … Continue reading →

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