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The other Epic Poets have ufed the fame practice , but generally carried it so far as to fuperinduce a multiplicity of fables , destroy the unity of action , and lose their readers in an unreafonable length of time .
The other Epic Poets have ufed the fame practice , but generally carried it so far as to fuperinduce a multiplicity of fables , destroy the unity of action , and lose their readers in an unreafonable length of time .
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It has been remarked in honour of Homer's judgment , and the care he took of his reader's morals , that where he speaks of evil actions committed , or hard words given , he generally characterises them as fuch by a previous expreffion .
It has been remarked in honour of Homer's judgment , and the care he took of his reader's morals , that where he speaks of evil actions committed , or hard words given , he generally characterises them as fuch by a previous expreffion .
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He fuppofes that fuch afflictions are fent from Heaven for the punishment of our evil actions ; and because the Sun was a principal Inftrument of it , he fays it was fent to punish ...
He fuppofes that fuch afflictions are fent from Heaven for the punishment of our evil actions ; and because the Sun was a principal Inftrument of it , he fays it was fent to punish ...
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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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