[16] Marlborough to Mr Secretary Harley, 16th Dec. 1704.—Desp. i. 556.
[17] Marlborough to Mr Hill at Turin, 6th Feb. 1705.—Desp. i. 591.
[18] Lord Chesterfield's Letters, Lord Mahon's edition, i. 221-222.
PÚSHKIN, THE RUSSIAN POET.
No. II.
Specimens of his Lyrics.
Translated From The Original Russian, By Thomas B. Shaw, B.A. Of Cambridge, Adjunct Professor Of English Literature In The Imperial Alexander Lyceum, Translator Of "The Heretic,"&c. &c.
In offering to the public the following specimens of Púshkin's poetry in an English dress, the translator considers it part of his duty to make a few remarks. The number and extent of these observations, he will, of course, confine within the narrowest limits consistent with his important duty of making his countrymen acquainted with the style and character of Russia's greatest poet; a duty which he would certainly betray, were he to omit to explain the chief points indispensable for the true understanding, not only of the extracts which he has selected as a sample of his author's productions, but of the general tone and character of those productions, viewed as a whole.