Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Works of Theophile Gautier, Vol. 24: Enamels and Cameos and Other Poems
English the characteristics Of the French, with the most thorough knowledge Of the idioms and turns Of the one and the other tongue, the artist who seeks to transpose from the one language into the other must fain confess that it is after all but a paraphrase however excellent, however accurate - that has been produced.
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