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According to VN (EO Commentary, vol. III, p. 145), Karamzin is also the author of one of the best Russian epigrams.*
In his Autobiographical Notes (<Из автобиографических записок>) Pushkin complains that one of the best Russian epigrams was attributed to him: Мне приписали одну из лучших русских эпиграмм; это не лучшая черта моей жизни. Actually, Pushkin is the author of the famous epigram on Karamzin (1818):
В его «Истории» изящность, простота
Доказывают нам, без всякого пристрастья,
Необходимость самовластья
И прелести кнута.
In his History [of Russian State] elegance, simplicity
Impartially prove to us
the necessity of despotism
and the delights of flogging.
*epigram on Life (see one of my previous posts)
Alexey Sklyarenko
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In his Autobiographical Notes (<Из автобиографических записок>) Pushkin complains that one of the best Russian epigrams was attributed to him: Мне приписали одну из лучших русских эпиграмм; это не лучшая черта моей жизни. Actually, Pushkin is the author of the famous epigram on Karamzin (1818):
В его «Истории» изящность, простота
Доказывают нам, без всякого пристрастья,
Необходимость самовластья
И прелести кнута.
In his History [of Russian State] elegance, simplicity
Impartially prove to us
the necessity of despotism
and the delights of flogging.
*epigram on Life (see one of my previous posts)
Alexey Sklyarenko
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