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a As for the state of Poetry , it was In Poetry . at a low pitch till the age of Homer . There is mention of Orpheus , Linus , and Musaus , venerable names in antiquity , and eminently celebrated in fable for the wonderful power of ...
a As for the state of Poetry , it was In Poetry . at a low pitch till the age of Homer . There is mention of Orpheus , Linus , and Musaus , venerable names in antiquity , and eminently celebrated in fable for the wonderful power of ...
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Homer. Latona's fon a dire contagion fpread , And heap'd the camp with mountains of the dead ; was accounted by the ancients , and how prejudicial it was esteemed even to the fouls of the deceased . We have a most particular example of ...
Homer. Latona's fon a dire contagion fpread , And heap'd the camp with mountains of the dead ; was accounted by the ancients , and how prejudicial it was esteemed even to the fouls of the deceased . We have a most particular example of ...
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Homer. the Je ne fçay quoy is the very support of all ignorant pretenders to delicacy ; and to lift up our eyes , and talk of the Genius of an ancient , is at once the cheapest way of fhewing our own taste , and the shortest way of ...
Homer. the Je ne fçay quoy is the very support of all ignorant pretenders to delicacy ; and to lift up our eyes , and talk of the Genius of an ancient , is at once the cheapest way of fhewing our own taste , and the shortest way of ...
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| Title | The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1 The Iliad of Homer, Alexander Pope |
| Author | Homer |
| Translated by | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | Charles Rivington, 1760 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Aug 25, 2006 |
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