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This translation was published as part of a volume also containingthe 1765 George Colman text. These are available as a separate e-text.For details on the Riley translation and its publishing history,including the source of the frontispiece, see the end of this file.
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THE
COMEDIES
OF
TERENCE.
LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE,
WITH NOTES.
By HENRY THOMAS RILEY, B.A.,
LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.
TO WHICH IS ADDED
THE BLANK VERSE TRANSLATION OF
GEORGE COLMAN.
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HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
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1896.
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PREFACE.
In this Version of the Plays ofTerence the Text of Volbehr, 1846, has been followed, with the fewexceptions mentioned in the Notes.
The Translator has endeavored to convey faithfully the meaning of theauthor, and although not rigorously literal, he has, he trusts, avoidedsuch wild departures from the text as are found in the versions ofEchard, Cooke, Patrick, and Gordon.