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... Iliad , to be allegories ; but allowing this to be true , they are fables , which , considering the opi- nions of mankind that prevailed in the age of the poet , might possibly have been according If the fable is only probable , it ...
... Iliad , to be allegories ; but allowing this to be true , they are fables , which , considering the opi- nions of mankind that prevailed in the age of the poet , might possibly have been according If the fable is only probable , it ...
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... Iliad , We are in the next place to consider the and the Æneid , knows very well , that though machines of the fourth book . Satan being they agree in their opinions of the great beau - now within prospect of Eden , and looking ties in ...
... Iliad , We are in the next place to consider the and the Æneid , knows very well , that though machines of the fourth book . Satan being they agree in their opinions of the great beau - now within prospect of Eden , and looking ties in ...
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... Iliad , as that in our first parent , it is set off with so many particular where speaking of Vulcan , Homer pleasing images and strong expressions , as says that he had made twenty tripods running make it none of the least agreeable ...
... Iliad , as that in our first parent , it is set off with so many particular where speaking of Vulcan , Homer pleasing images and strong expressions , as says that he had made twenty tripods running make it none of the least agreeable ...
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... Iliad . Milton's fight of angels is wrought Greeks . This last is such a beauty , as the up with the same beauty . It is ushered in scene of Milton's war could not possibly fur- with such signs of wrath as are suitable to nish him with ...
... Iliad . Milton's fight of angels is wrought Greeks . This last is such a beauty , as the up with the same beauty . It is ushered in scene of Milton's war could not possibly fur- with such signs of wrath as are suitable to nish him with ...
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... Iliad ; who , upon ated ! his being wounded , is represented as retiring out of the fight , and making an outcry louder than that of a whole army when it begins the charge . Homer adds , that the Greeks and In how sublime and just a ...
... Iliad ; who , upon ated ! his being wounded , is represented as retiring out of the fight , and making an outcry louder than that of a whole army when it begins the charge . Homer adds , that the Greeks and In how sublime and just a ...
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