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of men at what they confider in a view of perfection . But neither have all the fame tafte , nor do they equally fubmit to the fuperiority of others , nor bear that human nature , which they know to be imperfect , fhould be praised in ...
of men at what they confider in a view of perfection . But neither have all the fame tafte , nor do they equally fubmit to the fuperiority of others , nor bear that human nature , which they know to be imperfect , fhould be praised in ...
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We may confider , that there are no historians of his time , ( or none handed down to us ) who have mentioned him ; and that he has never spoken plainly of himself , in those works which have been afcribed to him without controverfy .
We may confider , that there are no historians of his time , ( or none handed down to us ) who have mentioned him ; and that he has never spoken plainly of himself , in those works which have been afcribed to him without controverfy .
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Spondanus . This , and the two following lines , are in a manner repetitions of the fame thing thrice over . It is left to the reader to confider how far it may be allowed , or rather praised for a beauty , when we confider ...
Spondanus . This , and the two following lines , are in a manner repetitions of the fame thing thrice over . It is left to the reader to confider how far it may be allowed , or rather praised for a beauty , when we confider ...
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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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