Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1805 - English literature |
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... Iliad , whose statue he repre- sents as placed on the first column of the Temple ! High on the first the mighty Homer shone ; Eternal adamant compos'd his throne ; Father of verse ! in holy fillets drest , His silver beard wav'd gently ...
... Iliad , whose statue he repre- sents as placed on the first column of the Temple ! High on the first the mighty Homer shone ; Eternal adamant compos'd his throne ; Father of verse ! in holy fillets drest , His silver beard wav'd gently ...
Page 92
... Iliad of Homer . The proposal was embraced with avidity by all who had any taste for literature , or any value for the reputation of their country ; and our bard * This exquisite personification of Melancholy has been imitated by Dr ...
... Iliad of Homer . The proposal was embraced with avidity by all who had any taste for literature , or any value for the reputation of their country ; and our bard * This exquisite personification of Melancholy has been imitated by Dr ...
Page 93
... Iliad was completed in 1718 , in- › cluding a period of somewhat more than five years . The harmony and splendour of the diction and versification of this translation , have never been surpassed , and their operation on the public ear ...
... Iliad was completed in 1718 , in- › cluding a period of somewhat more than five years . The harmony and splendour of the diction and versification of this translation , have never been surpassed , and their operation on the public ear ...
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... Iliad had issued from the press , he presented the world with the beautiful poems of his friend Parnell , introductory to which he has prefixed an epistle to the Earl of Oxford , which contains much weight of sentiment , and many highly ...
... Iliad had issued from the press , he presented the world with the beautiful poems of his friend Parnell , introductory to which he has prefixed an epistle to the Earl of Oxford , which contains much weight of sentiment , and many highly ...
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... had been derived from the Iliad , yet did it make a considerable addition to the property of our poet ; he had the benefit of the subscrip- tion copies , in number eight hundred and nine- teen 96 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
... had been derived from the Iliad , yet did it make a considerable addition to the property of our poet ; he had the benefit of the subscrip- tion copies , in number eight hundred and nine- teen 96 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
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