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Page ciii
... it has given him that eternity he would not promise himfelf : but whatever endeavours have been offered in refpect of the former , we find ourselves ftill under an irreparable lofs . That which others have faid of him has amounted ...
... it has given him that eternity he would not promise himfelf : but whatever endeavours have been offered in refpect of the former , we find ourselves ftill under an irreparable lofs . That which others have faid of him has amounted ...
Page cv
But whether these Hymns are Homer's , or not , they are always judged to be near as ancient , if not of the fame age with him . t The Epigrams are extracted out of the life , faid to be written by Herodotus , and we leave them as fuch ...
But whether these Hymns are Homer's , or not , they are always judged to be near as ancient , if not of the fame age with him . t The Epigrams are extracted out of the life , faid to be written by Herodotus , and we leave them as fuch ...
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These account it a disgrace to be of the opinion of those that preceded them ; and it is generally the fate of such people who will never fay what was faid before , to say what will never be faid after them .
These account it a disgrace to be of the opinion of those that preceded them ; and it is generally the fate of such people who will never fay what was faid before , to say what will never be faid after them .
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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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